The Hunger Winter Deaths: 22,000 Affected: 4.3 million (jan 1, 1944 – dec 1, 1945)
Description:
The Dutch famine of 1944–1945, also known as the Hunger Winter (from Dutch Hongerwinter), was a famine in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II. The famine impacted the people in the densely populated and urbanized western provinces north of the great rivers during and after the harsh winter of 1944–1945. It began after the failure of Operation Market Garden, the Allied military offensive against the German occupiers of the Netherlands in September 1944. It persisted until after the German surrender in May 1945.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1944
dec 1, 1945
~ 1 years and 10 months