Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munhandare yeEurope, guta rokutanga kutambura zvikuru nokurwiswa nendege raiva
Warsaw, musi wa25 September 1939. Kuenderera mberi nechiitiko ichi muhondo, Rotterdam Blitz yaive yekurwiswa kweRotterdam nemabhomba makumi mapfumbamwe eGerman Air Force musi wa14 Chivabvu 1940, panguva yekupinda kweGerman muNetherlands. Chinangwa chacho chaiva chokutsigira kurwisa kweGermany kuguta racho, kuputsa kurwisa kwechiDutch, uye kumanikidza chiDutch kuti chizviise pasi. Pasinei nokuregererwa kwehondo, kubhomba kwakaparadza inenge nzvimbo yose yeguta rine nhoroondo, kuchiuraya vagari vemo vanenge mazana mapfumbamwe uye kusiya vanhu 30 000 vasina pokugara. Kubudirira kunoparadza kwebhomba kwakaita kuti "Oberkommando der Luftwaffe" (OKL) ityisidzire kuparadza guta reUtrecht kana Hurumende yeDutch ikasazvipira. VaDutch vakapa mangwanani-ngwanani akatevera.