How the Dutch solved an Impossible Problem

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Dec 2, 2023
The ocean has been friend and foe for as The Netherlands exist. The Dutch have long used their ingenuity to manage the water, but a perfect storm in 1916 prompted them to embark on the most ambitious project to date: to reclaim the Zuider Sea.

FULL TRANSCRIPT + SOURCES:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W--PtYvYeswPuruf3stqyjDxSAByZOuz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116393133462297140352&rtpof=true&sd=true

MAIN SOURCES:
Canon van Flevoland (Canon Van Nederland):
https://www.canonvannederland.nl/nl/flevoland/flevoland

De inpolderingshistorie (Stichting Polder Pioniers):
https://www.stichtingpolderpioniers.nl/inpolderingshistorie/

Ontgonnen verleden (WUR):
https://edepot.wur.nl/144249

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