Operations Manna and Chowhound Monument (Rotterdam) | Second World War 1939-1945, interesting place

 Second World War 1939-1945, monument, interesting place

Operations Manna and Chowhound took place from 29 April to the end of World War II in Europe on 8 May 1945. These two operations - Manna by the Royal Air Force (29 April - 7 May) and Chowhound by the U.S. Air Force (1-8 May) - dropped a total of 11,000 tons of food into the still-unliberated western part of the Netherlands, with the acquiescence of the occupying German forces, to help feed civilians who were in danger of starvation in the Dutch famine. When this proved insufficient, Operation Faust was launched as well. On 2 May, 200 Allied trucks began delivering food to the city of Rhenen, behind German lines.

The Monument for Operation Manna in Rotterdam is a steel sculpture that looks like a pile of food packages in the belly of a Airoplane.

operationmanna.secondworldwar.nl/

www.lancastermuseum.ca/manna.html


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