A shooting victim is taken away. The 1945 shooting on Dam square took place during the liberation of Amsterdam on 7 May 1945, in the last days of World War II in Europe. German soldiers fired machine guns into a large crowd gathered on Dam square to celebrate the end of the war, killing over 30 people.. Like many other places in our country, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol was badly hit during World War II. Schiphol was a fully-operational civilian airport in 1939, at at time when the Netherlands was preparing itself for war. Germany attacked the Netherlands on 10 May, 1940. The attack included air raids in several strategic places, including Schiphol.

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The WWII affected Amsterdam in a number ways. When the German Nazi invaded Netherlands in 1940, for instance, this set in motion a series of events that made life unbearable for the Dutch. To begin with, it was no longer feasible for the country to remain neutral in a war it did not intend to take part.. World War 2. Jun 22, 2017 Lincoln Riddle, Guest Author. Rotterdam's city centre after the bombing. The heavily damaged (now restored) St. Lawrence church stands out as the only remaining building reminiscent of Rotterdam's medieval architecture. The Battle of Rotterdam began May 10th, 1940, and ended with the bombings on Rotterdam May 14th, 1940.