03. It's raining food
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03. It's raining food
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In the winter of 1944–1945, people in the Netherlands were starving. Then, brave pilots from Britain, Canada, and America flew low over the country in big airplanes. In missions called Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound, they dropped thousands of food packages from the sky — like parachutes of hope! Soon after, trucks filled with food rolled in during Operation Faust, bringing even more help to hungry families.
Why did the Allies risk so much to deliver food? How did the packages reach children and parents waiting on the ground? And what was it like to finally taste bread and chocolate after months of hunger?
This episode of Holland’s Hidden Heroes tells the story of kindness, courage, and food that saved lives in the last months of World War II.
Note: References to "Germans" here mean Nazi Germany of the past, not modern Germany, whose people hold very different values and beliefs.
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