Posted on 12/15/2019 6:06:54 AM PST by grundle
Obit/More on Freddie here. Quite the counterpart to the Dutch reservist guarding a bridge when the German paratroopers seized it. He evaded into a nearby tulip field, waited a few hours until the attackers had set up a command post, then shot at the oldest most senior guy around. It probably wasn't German Para General Kurt Student [shot in the head while inside a building standing at a window a bit too long] but the Dutch weren't quite the pushovers the Germans had expected. Wikepedia overview for an idea of the conditions .
something Gov. Northam (Va.Fem) is prolly acutely well-aware of...
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