Gloomy Germans Watch Holland’s Joy
Received Friday, 8.50 p.m. LONDON, May 11. To-day is a day of contrasts in Holland, says the Exchange Telegraph’s correspondent. The Germans on the fifth anniversary of their invasion of the Netherlands are crowding the roads leading out of the country. They are marching in columns miles long to areas where they will be disarmed. It is a sorry procession. Tbe Germans as they march out are watching tho emotional welcome given to the British and Canadians by the deliriously happy Dutch. There wa3 a great victory rally in Utrecht last night in front of the Wehrmacht headquarters. The Ger mans looked down on thousands oi Dutch people dancing to the music ol a British band. Reuter’s correspondent says the port of Rotterdam will need £50,000,000 for repairs. The damage to the port structures alone is estimated at £10,000,000. Equipment such as floating electric cranes had been removed to Germany,
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 111, 12 May 1945, Page 5
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