<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_bombing_of_Rotterdam" id="mw4Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German bombing of Rotterdam">bombed</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.<sup about="#mwt114" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_14#cite_note-21" id="mw5A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw5Q">[21]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"><cite about="#mwt111" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFRichardsonTucker2014">Richardson, Annette E.; Tucker, Spencer C. (2014). "Rotterdam, Destruction of (May 14, 1940)". In Zabecki, David T. (ed.). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rCWMBQAAQBAJ" id="mwBws" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBww">Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History</i></a>. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio. p.<span id="mwBw0" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>1114. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBw4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBw8" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9781598849806" id="mwBxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9781598849806"><bdi id="mwBxE">9781598849806</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt111" class="Z3988" id="mwBxI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Rotterdam%2C+Destruction+of+%28May+14%2C+1940%29&amp;rft.btitle=Germany+at+War%3A+400+Years+of+Military+History&amp;rft.place=Santa+Barbara%2C+Calif.&amp;rft.pages=1114&amp;rft.pub=ABC-Clio&amp;rft.date=2014&amp;rft.isbn=9781598849806&amp;rft.aulast=Richardson&amp;rft.aufirst=Annette+E.&amp;rft.au=Tucker%2C+Spencer+C.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrCWMBQAAQBAJ&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMay+14"></span></span>