British P-1117 Kingfishers over Rotterdam.
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in Western Europe.
History[]
Rotterdam was attacked and occupied by the Chimera after the Chimeran War broke out in December 1949. Human military forces were pushed to Rotterdam and eventually into the sea.[1]
On August 30, 1951, Rotterdam was chosen as one of the few open aerial corridors by British and Maquis forces to bypass Chimeran defenses in Operation Overstrike; the Maquis declared Rotterdam to be safe and less protected by the Chimera.[2] However, the Chimera hastily constructed several gun towers along Rotterdam. Maquis Intel scouts in Rotterdam desperately tried to warn the Maquis and British about the Chimeran defenses, but the Chimera jammed their radio broadcast from warning Allied forces.[3]
The British/Maquis First Squadron came under heavy fire from the gun towers. Fortunately, however, the survivors of the First Squadron managed to disable the gun towers from destroying the Second Squadron. Thereafter, human forces pressed through Rotterdam.[2]
References[]
- ^ The Futile Defense
- ^ a b Resistance: Retribution, campaign level The Guns of Rotterdam
- ^ Radio-Free Rotterdam