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A big part of this is that the Dutch capitulated to the Nazis in WWII before they got to Amsterdam. Pretty much every other major city in the area was reshaped
by wayoutthere 7y ago
A big part of this is that the Dutch capitulated to the Nazis in WWII before they got to Amsterdam. Pretty much every other major city in the area was reshaped by the war, but Amsterdam avoided the major conflict.
Compare with Rotterdam (which was destroyed by the Nazis).
- Avalaxy 7y agoYour explanation doesn't explain anything about why the grachtenpanden look the way they do.
- misja 7y agoWell only Rotterdam was bombed by the Germans. The next city to be bombed would be Utrecht, but then the Netherlands capitulated. All other destroyed cities (e.g. Arnhem, Nijmegen) were bombed by allied forces in their attempts to drive out the occupying Germans.
- shusson 7y ago> All other destroyed cities (e.g. Arnhem, Nijmegen) were bombed by allied forces in their attempts to drive out the occupying Germans I initially learned this from Band of Brothers. It doesn't seem to be as common knowledge in the Netherlands compared to the bombing of Rotterdam.
- Avalaxy 7y agoIn that case I got more interesting knowledge for you: Rotterdam was also bombed by the allies. It's often refered to as the forgotten bombardment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_bombing_of_Rotterdam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_bombing_of_Rotterdam