Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - N'isi ụtụtụ nke 10 Mee 1940, Germany mere mwakpo mberede na Netherlands dị ka akụkụ nke ọrụ iji merie France. N'otu ụbọchị ahụ, e nyere "Z 5" iwu ịwakpo ọnọdụ ndị Germany na Rotterdam
O mekwara nke ọma. "Z 5" gbara ọtụtụ egbe egbe ndị iro n'elu àkwà mmiri Maas na egbe 75 mm ya ma na-enwekwa ihe ịga nke ọma na-akụ German floatplanes na egbe egbe 12.7 mm ya. N'ụbọchị 14 nke ọnwa Mee, "Z 5" banyere ụgbọ mmiri gawa England iji zere ijide ndị Germany ma rute na 17 nke ọnwa Mee na Portsmouth. A rụziri ya tupu ọ laghachi ọrụ na 16 June.