(Exodus 16)

References

Clipart

www.pinterest.com/pin/172614598208473634/

"Promised Land" song by Veggie Tales

youtu.be/VY_mbam6vIs

Shown in photo

Streit's Unsalted Matzo

Standard room, Manna Ash House

8-16 Pocock Street

Southwark

London

SE1 0BW

Operation Manna was a Bomber Command initiative which took place over 10 days from 29th April 1945. It was the first ever humanitarian food drop and it took place over occupied Holland. The USAAF also participated under Operation Chowhund from 1st May.

20,000 civilians had starved to death over the previous few months which had featured the bitter “Hongerwinter”. Another 980,000 were malnourished. A further 2 million were at risk. Their hideous occupiers had blockaded food supplies in retaliation for Dutch strikes in support of Operation Market Garden, the Allied attack in Holland which had occurred in summer 1944. It was also apparent that the disintegrating Third Reich was, by spring 1945 unable to feed itself, never mind the millions of refugees it had created.

A local ceasefire was arranged allowing unarmed Lancasters to conduct 3100 humanitarian sorties, dropping 7,000 tons of supplies. However, some aircraft returned with bullet holes in them.

This memorial at the entrance of the International Bomber Command Centre, near Lincoln, was unveiled jointly by Manna recipient Mrs Coby Van Riel and Bomber Command’s Mr Jack Cook of Operation Manna in June 2021. It features a low flying Lancaster dropping supplies to civilians rushing to receive them beneath.

Netherlands, Rotterdam, the garden of my father and stepmother, near Rotterdam Airport.

Today, May 5 it is liberation day (bevrijdingsdag). We commemorate that we were liberated during WWII by the allied forces.

This airplane, an Avro Lancaster (if I'm not mistaken) from the RAF, dropped food over several locations in the Neterlands during Operation Manna.

Taken on April 29 2007, on its way to a safe landing at Rotterdam Airport.

How to tell you that ...

In my beginnings on the game, the creators helped each other out. I feel that the atmosphere of the game to change well since then, is everyone for himself now. It saddens me. I tried to contact some creators to have info on the meshs or tips, I had no answers from them.

My return on the game is quite violent, I did not expect this.

For me, Second Life is fun, sharing, and creation. I like to talk and laugh with other people.

I'm so disappointed ... :(

(I hope that Google has correctly translated my feelings.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_Manna_and_Chowhound