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Old 04-19-10, 10:39 PM   #22
mcarlsonus
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Originally Posted by loerelau View Post
I was suprised to see that Amsterdam/Rotterdam were Allied ports in October/November '40 (Don't know exactly how far I am in campaign.).
The Netherlands actually fell to the Germans in early May, 1940 after the May 10 invasion. Amsterdam itself was never actually, "liberated" by the Allies, but the German Occupation Forces signed a ceasefire on May 4, 1945 and actually surrendered on May 5.
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