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Liberation Day in the Netherlands (5 May 1945): German Surrender at Wageningen
Nazi occupation in the Netherlands during World War II ends. On 5 May 1945, German forces in occupied Holland formally capitulated following negotiations between Canadian General Charles Foulkes and German commander Johannes Blaskowitz, held at Hotel De Wereld.
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WWII POW “Testimony” (1988 Interview)
A 1988 interview with a Soviet WWII veteran who was held in a German POW camp alongside 8,000 captured American soldiers claimed Germans provided the Americans with regular Red Cross food parcels (about 5 kg per man weekly) while starving the Soviets on little more than turnip soup and water; the Americans secretly threw rations…
