How did a Nazi food embargo, a frozen canal, and a railway strike combine to starve one of the most developed societies in Europe to below 400 calories a day? Why does the Dutch Hunger Winter still leave measurable chemical marks on the genes of people who were in the womb during it? And, what did the bomber crews of Operation Manna find spelled out below them in tulip bulbs as they flew low over the Netherlands dropping food instead of bombs?
Join John and Patrick as they tell the story of the Netherlands and the Hongerwinter — the starvation, the epigenetics, and the Lancaster crews who wept all the way home...
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