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World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.

Historical image related to World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands. from April 29, 1945

Operations Manna and Chowhound

1945 humanitarian food drops over the German-occupied Netherlands by the Allies

Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound were humanitarian food drops to relieve the Dutch famine of 1944–45 in the German-occupied Netherlands undertaken by Allied bomber crews during the last 10 days of the official war in Europe. Manna, which dropped 7,000 tonnes of food into…
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April 29

Day of the year

April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 246 days remain until the end of the year.
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