Mad Tuesday caused the railway strikes of 1944 that started on 17 September with the code: "De kinderen van Versteeg moeten onder de wol" (translation: the children of Versteeg must "get under the wool"/go to bed). The strike would last until the complete Netherlands was liberated on 5 May 1945; the government-in-exile thought that by spreading rumors the Germans would start to panic.
Mad Tuesday caused railway strikes in 1944 that began on September 17th with the code "De kinderen van Versteeg moeten onder de wol" (translation: the children of Versteeg must "get under the wool"/go to bed). The strike continued until May 5, 1945, when all of Netherlands was liberated; the government-in-exile believed that by spreading rumors, the Germans would become alarmed.