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...surrender a few minutes beyond the ultimatum hour, smashed a square mile of commercial Rotterdam-according to the story in seven-and-a-half minutes. The Stadhuis (Town Hall), the new Beurs (Stock Exchange), the Post Office, the biggest department store, two railway stations, the whole length of the Coolsingel (Rotterdam's main business street) were destroyed by 2,200-lb. delayed-action bombs. Along the River Maas, the entire harbor was wrecked, the ancient quarter of Boompjes annihilated. The Nieuwe Waterweg, along which Rotterdam's ships pass to the North Sea, was left blocked with ships sunk...
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