Zwijndrecht bridges
On this page you will find original photographic material of the Zwijndrecht bridges in May 1940. The bridges were of great strategic importance for the advance of the German troops toward Rotterdam. Paratroopers were deployed to capture the bridges and hold them until the German panzer units could cross the bridge on their way to Rotterdam.
1. German paratroopers on the Zwijndrecht bridge during the Second World War in Dordrecht.
2. Troop movements across the Zwijndrecht bridge during the Second World War in Dordrecht.
3. Positions along the Oude Maas in Zwijndrecht during the Second World War
4. A German paratrooper on the Zwijndrecht bridge during the Second World War in Dordrecht
5. German paratroopers, presumably near the Weeskinderendijk during the Second World War in Dordrecht
6. German paratrooper with a machine gun during the Second World War in Dordrecht
7. Zwijndrecht during the Second World War, war damage resulting from the events of May 1940
8. A German soldier on the bank of the Oude Maas in Zwijndrecht