Ka kammala wannan magana: A watan Mayu na 1940, 'yan kwanaki kafin Jamus ta kai wa Holland hari, ya dawo daga aikinsa a Dutch East Indies a matsayin Jami'in Jirgin Sama a cikin jirgin ruwa na Admiralen HNLMS "Van Galen". A ranar 10 ga Mayu 1940 Jamus ta mamaye, kuma an aika da "Van Galen" don harbe 'yan bindigar Jamus da suka yi
ya sauka a kusa da Rotterdam da Waalhaven filin jirgin sama. Dole ne jirgin ya shiga cikin kunkuntar Nieuwe Waterweg, inda aka kai masa hari kuma ba da daɗewa ba 'yan bam-bam na Stuka suka nutsar da shi.