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Line 34: The psychological and the physical success of the raid, from the German perspective, led the ''[[Oberkommando der Luftwaffe]]'' (OKL) to threaten to destroy the city of [[Utrecht]] if the Dutch command did not surrender. The Dutch surrendered in the late afternoon of 14 May and signed the capitulation early the next morning.{{sfn\|Hooton\|2007\|p=52}} Rotterdam was one of the few major [[Allies of World War II\|Allied cities]] which were virtually totally destroyed, together with [[Warsaw]], [[Manila]], and [[Southampton]]. This is one of the primary reasons Rotterdam, like the other cities listed, has a heavy presence of [[skyscrapers]], compared to [[Amsterdam]] and [[Kraków]] in those same countries, all of which have over one million residents but retain an ancient city centre. ==Prelude==

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