MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · May 14
THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 14
May 14 in history
1940 — The bombing of Rotterdam
14 May 1940 — With surrender talks already under way, bombers level the old city center; the Netherlands capitulates that evening. The word “Rotterdam” becomes Europe’s shorthand for what waits.
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