OPERATION 'MANNA', MAY 1945 | #ROTTERDAM | NETHERLANDS Dutch police officers stand guard over the proceeds of a food drop at the #Terbregge air dropzone. Operations #Manna, #Chowhound, and Faust provided food to relieve a famine in 1944–1945 in the German-occupied Netherlands.

MAY 20, 1940 | #LONDON | GREAT BRITAIN #Belgian and #Dutch #refugees of war are resting on cots placed in #AlexandraPalace in #NorthLondon. Just a reminder that we were once upon a time, refugees ourselves. Happy voting tomorrow! #vluchtelingen #immigrants #asielzoekers #wo2

The Dutch Marine Brigade advances to #Driaredja on Java, Dutch East Indies(now #indonesia). A broad front extends from village to village, June 13, 1946. #nimh #nederlandsindie #DeOost #politioneleacties #java #indonesië #sukarno #mohammedhatta #ww2 #KNIL #mariniers #marines

APRIL 1945 | FRIESLAND | NETHERLANDS In the Frisian countryside, evacuees from Zuid-Limburg are on their way home. On average a 200 mile journey. #WWII #bevrijding #wo2 #friesland #zuidlimburg #provinciefriesland #provinciezuidlimburg #vluchtelingen #vluchtelingenopvang #WW2

A #Flail tank, designed to detonate mines, leaves a LCT during the landing at #Westkapelle, #Zeeland Province, The Netherlands on November 2, 1944. Liberated ##Antwerp was to become the supply port for the Allied advance but first the Western Scheldt had to be breached. #WW2

A weary US soldier takes a rest during a lull in the fighting, Papua New Guinea. The Battle of #BunaGona was part of the #NewGuinea campaign during WWII. It followed the conclusion of the #KokodaTrack campaign and lasted from 16 November 1942 until 22 January 1943. #WW2 #usarmy

Léo Major, hero of the Dutch city of #Zwolle, posing with members of the local resistance in #Zwolle, the Netherlands, April 1945, was in the infantry regiment, #RégimentdelaChaudière and the only Canadian to receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal twice in two wars. #ww2 #korea

A sniper from the Scottish 5th Battalion (Black Watch) has found a clear location in the fortified attic of a house in Gennep. #ww2 #bevrijding #sniper #Scherpschutter #wo2 #wo2inkleur #highlanddivision #operationveritable #gennep #groesbeek #operationmarketgarden #AIFree

"A wash and shave is good even in a front-line trench," is the caption of this photo of soldiers from the #British 1st #NorfolkBattalion, taken on October 16, 1944. They are in a trench south of #Venray , where heavy fighting is taking place. #zuidlimburg #nimh #wo2 #loopgraaf