PARACHUTE MENACE.
SUPPRESSEDBY DUTCH. LONDON, May 13. The Belgian and Dutch forces apparently have the parachute troop problem well in hand. . Fighting has continued m Rotterdam all day between the Dutch and parachute 1 troops, supported by members of the Nazi “fifth column,” hut tonight" the resistance was considered broken. The destructive fires” which occurred in large sections of the city have: mostly been extinguished. Ibe majority of the parachute troops round Brussels have been killed or captured.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 140, 14 May 1940, Page 7
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78PARACHUTE MENACE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 140, 14 May 1940, Page 7
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