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Narrow-gauge railway carrying shells and sea mines, the Netherlands, 1939 (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] Olap@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Where were these going? Afaiu Nazi harbours were mostly in France

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 9 points 4 months ago

This, I think, was before the Nazi invasion, so these would've been for the Netherlands' own use. Or rather, considering the position of the government of the Netherlands at the time, as a show of deterrence (ultimately unsuccessful) in the hopes of appearing too expensive to bother invading.