9th May 1945
Pages from 'PUNCH'
Cartoon from PUNCH magazine 9th May 1945. Allied aircraft deliver much need food supplies to the starving people of Holland.
The caption reads
THE EAGLES BRING FOOD
Food relief for the Dutch
From Wikipedia:
By the middle of March Swedish Red Cross flour, known as the 'Swedish bread', (which had originally arrived in January from Sweden, but the shipment had been stuck unloaded in the northern harbour of Delfzijl) began to reach a network of Dutch bakeries in cities, towns and villages, who used it to bake bread and ration it to the local population. For many, that was the first proper bread (without diluted ingredients) they consumed in months. The following month, more humanitarian interventions took place, this time by airdrops. From 29th April to 7th May Operation Manna was conducted by the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force. From 1st to 8th May, the U.S. Army Air Forces conducted Operation Chowhound. The Germans agreed not to shoot at the planes flying the mercy missions, and the Allies agreed not to bomb German positions. A third humanitarian assistance was domestically organized via a land-based, civilian supply chain from the east of the country. Called Operation Faust, food was trucked beginning on 2nd May, first to the centrally located Rhenen before further distribution westwards.
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