#OTD 1945 Apr 29 #RAF #BomberCommand Operation #Manna #opManna started. Food for starving #Holland (Video of OpManna75)

#OTD 1945 Apr 29 #RAF #BomberCommand Operation #Manna #opManna started. Food for starving #Holland (Video of OpManna75)

Today is the 70th anniversary of #opmanna . Food from above! BZ @RoyalAirForceUK & U.S. Air Force #WWII

Jaha då sinade brunnen. Tur vi får hämta vatten hos Torsten vår granne som även har Opmanna handelsträdgård mittemot oss.

#OTD 16/10/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCShips PRINCE HENRY & PRINCE DAVID arrive Greek seaport of Piraeus off Athens, landing liberation forces. PRINCE DAVID carried the Prime Minister, Georgios Papandreou & Government officials. LAC Photo -Greek Prime Minister thanking RCN. #OpManna

Found it! 70 years between the two photos - trees in photo 1 had been cut down for fuel during the war #opmanna

#Lancaster in #Opmanna 1945 at droppingzone #Terbregge and RAF BBMF Thumper at same spot 2015. See Mill and Church.

#OTD /1944 HMCShips PRINCE HENRY & PRINCE DAVID take part in OpMANNA, landing liberation forces in Athens, Greece. #RCNHistory

My home for the next 14 hours. #OpManna

#memoriesofmanna
'I ran outside and everybody ran outside and we looked up and we saw those aeroplanes coming. I just get goose pimples.' Coby Van Riel, Honger Winter survivor. buff.ly/2KA9DmT #operationmanna #dutchliberation #75years #RAF #WW2 #bombercommand #opmanna

#OTD 14/10/1944 #RememberRCN -Landing Craft from the 529th Canadian Landing Craft Flotilla are the first allies to arrive in Athens thru the Greek seaport of Piraeus. The seven landing craft are swarmed with local citizens and swamped with flowers and palm leaves. #OpManna

#OTD 14/10/1944 #RememberRCN -Landing Craft from the 529th Canadian Landing Craft Flotilla are the first allies to arrive in Athens thru the Greek seaport of Piraeus. The seven landing craft are swarmed with local citizens and swamped with flowers and palm leaves. #OpManna

Weapons That Aren't Yours.
British paratrooper with US M1 Carbine .30 on #OpManna #Athens October 1944

Early start tomorrow. Off to former RAF Ingham for live report on Lincolnshire's role in #OpManna

#OTD 16/10/1944 #RememberRCN -HMCShips PRINCE HENRY & PRINCE DAVID arrive Greek seaport of Piraeus off Athens, landing liberation forces. PRINCE DAVID carried the Prime Minister, Georgios Papandreou & Government officials. LAC Photo -Greek Prime Minister thanking RCN. #OpManna

Weapons That Aren't Yours.
3 SBS troopers with US M1 Carbines #OpManna Acropolis #Athens 13-14th October 1944

'Thank you Allies for saving us' local people in Rotterdam applaud veterans as they arrive #OpManna

RAF BBMF We will never forget #opManna 🙏 in NL. Thank you boys!

Standing room only now with #Thumper #BBMF Lancaster just 15 minutes away from Rotterdam food drop zone #OpManna

#OpManna veterans sit as 'honoured guests' in VIP area. There'll not be dry eye when #Thumper arrives #BBMF