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Wong, Ronald
Prelude To Peace
Early in 1945, German Occupation Forces flooded large areas of Holland to slow down the advance of the advancing Allied Troops into the Low Countries. This had the catastrophic effect on the civilian population, who by April were on the brink of starvation as their farms were under water. Faced with inevitable defeat, the German forces extended an amnesty to the Allied forces who wished to drop food supplies to the Dutch, and event that has gone down in history as Operations Mann (by the RAF) and Chow Hound (by the USAAF). Traditionally Manna has been associated with the Lancaster heavy bombers of Bomber Command, but a significant contribution was made by the Pathfinder Force whose OBOE-nosed Mosquitos flew in advance of the main force to identify and mark the drop zones. On many of these pathfinding missions, the Mosquitoes of the Pathfinder Force carried a worthwhile amount of supplies that were dropped to the Dutch people.
Print size: 28 1/2"w X 20 1/2"h
Limited edition of: 1000 signed and numbered by the artist
