North Sea flood of 1953
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Today in Dutch history: the tragic ‘Watersnoodramp’ flooding of 1953
The North Sea flood was a major flood caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England and Scotland. Many sea defences facing the surge were overwhelmed, resulting in extensive flooding. In the Netherlands 1,836 people died, along with tens of thousands of animals and huge property damage - read more here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953 In the next few days a huge rescue and salvage operation was conducted, for which many CMP trucks were used, along with other vehicles like DUKWs which gave sterling service in the flooded areas. Many thousands of volunteers came to help closing the breaches in the dykes. My dad was one of them, filling sandbags which were then carried by hand and placed in the breaches. Attachment 132668 Attachment 132669 Source: https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...a-7babfc2ce58c | https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...0-3affc59ba9b0 |
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A number of the DUKWs were supplied by the US Army. Many countries supplied all kinds of help after the disaster. It took years to repair the damages.
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Thank you for sharing. Interesting the M-38 in the one photo. I would have guessed that with so much equipment from the war still in Europe that a new Jeep like that wouldn't have been present so early on.
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Probably due to its usefulness in deep water situations.
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1953 Flood
In response to this flood Canada sent food and clothing as aid to the Netherlands. A portion of the clothing consisted of early 1950s dated battledress and 1940s army cadet uniforms.
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I was surprised to caissons from the Mulberry harbour used in dyke repair.
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US Army Jeep
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Here's another US Army vehicle which must have been quite new: Attachment 132672 https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...a-51540b934a56 Despite having thousand of MBs and GPWs, even the Netherlands Army used their new Jeep, a CJ-3A in this case: Attachment 132673 https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...0-da49e621acb8 |
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This is a Danish Civil Defence truck unloading a USAF Fairchild Packet/ Flying Boxcar: https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onde...8-003048976d84 |
Dukw
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At least one DUKW came as far away as from Milan, Italy: http://hdl.handle.net/10648/a906599e...8-003048976d84 French soldiers with boats and DUKWs: http://hdl.handle.net/10648/af31833e...8-003048976d84 This one was a Netherlands Army one - note the orange lion on the black circle marking: http://hdl.handle.net/10648/af3177f4...8-003048976d84 Attachment 132674 |
Sandbags
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CMP trucks
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Some more CMPs:
CMP truck keeping soldier's feet dry... Attachment 132676 https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...f-87832fe990e6 CMP Workshop trucks: Attachment 132677 https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...8-b629bfc70af5 CMP with PA system in the left background: Attachment 132678 https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...5-60f1eace4f7b GMC CCKW-353 stuck in the water, the Ford CMP behind it is still running Attachment 132675 https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...c-4e29eb14f8a6 |
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One more, this style of CMP is new to me.
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Even here in NZ, my great aunts were busy knitting socks to send to the flooded Dutch people.
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(More than once, I’ve been asked: “The .nl in your e-mail address, is that New Zealand?” To which I tend to reply, “No, but I am from the province that that country is named after” — which of course puzzles them even more :)) |
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