Jump to content

File:Rotterdam, Laurenskerk, na bombardement van mei 1940.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (3,000 × 2,269 pixels, file size: 1.15 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: "The German ultimatum ordering the Dutch commander of Rotterdam to cease fire was delivered to him at 10:30h on 14 May 1940. At 13:22h, German bombers set the whole inner city of Rotterdam ablaze, killing 814 of its inhabitants." The photo was taken after the removal of all debris.
Nederlands: Op 14 mei 1940 rond 13.30 uur voerden de Duitsers in het kader van de aanval op Nederland een bombardement op Rotterdam uit. Dit om de eis tot overgave kracht bij te zetten. Foto van de schade met daarop de ruïne van de Laurenskerk in Rotterdam.
Deutsch: Rotterdam 1940 nach der Zerstörung und Trümmerbeseitigung
Español: "Rotterdam después del bombardeo"
Svenska: Rotterdams centrum efter bombningen. Den svårt skadade Laurenskerk (nu restaurerad) står som den enda återstånde av Rotterdams medeltida byggnader.
Français : Centre-ville de Rotterdam après le bombardement allemand de mai 1940. Les décombres avaient déjà été déblayés au moment où la photo fut prise. L'église Saint-Laurent (Laurenskerk) a été restaurée.
Română: Rotterdam după bombardamentul german din mai 1940
Date
Source https://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/ ARC Identifier: 535916; U.S. Defense Visual Information Center photo HD-SN-99-02993 [1]
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
Other versions File:"The German ultimatum ordering the Dutch commander of Rotterdam to cease fire was delivered to him at 10-30 a.m. on May - NARA - 535916.tif

Licensing

Public domain
This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

العربية ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ español ∙ eesti ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ हिन्दी ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ Malti ∙ Nederlands ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ română ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ српски / srpski ∙ svenska ∙ ไทย ∙ Türkçe ∙ українська ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−

Captions

14 may 1940, around 1:30 p.m., the Germans bombed Rotterdam as part of the offensive on the Netherlands. This is done in order to support the demand for surrender on 1 May.

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/jpeg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:08, 6 April 2008Thumbnail for version as of 15:08, 6 April 20083,000 × 2,269 (1.15 MB)Cobatfor
12:07, 22 June 2005Thumbnail for version as of 12:07, 22 June 2005600 × 457 (88 KB)Raymond{{Information| |Description = The German ultimatum ordering the Dutch commander of Rotterdam to cease fire was delivered to him at 10:30 a.m. on May 14, 1940. At 1:22 p.m., German bombers set the whole inner city of Rotterdam ablaze, killing 30,000 of

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

View more global usage of this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rotterdam,_Laurenskerk,_na_bombardement_van_mei_1940.jpg"