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- Bridges at Dordrecht
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- During the early hours of May 10th, 1940, German parachute troops began their
- descent on Holland from above. Their mission was to capture the bridges that
- would be needed for the advance of the 9th Panzer Division. One unit, a company of
- the 1st/1st Parachute Regiment was to capture the road and rail bridges at
- Dordrecht. The Germans quickly captured the bridge from the suprised Dutch,
- they recovered and lauch an counter attack of their own. By day's end
- the Dutch would hold the rail bridge, but were unable to dislodge the
- Germans from the road bridge.
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