Netherlands during World War II

During World War II, the Netherlands was taken by Germany by military force, and occupied it between 1940–1945. It started with the Battle of the Netherlands in 10 May 1940. On May 15, the Dutch government surrendered and the Germans took over. The Dutch government went to London. The country was liberated on 5 May 1945, when the Germans surrendered to the British and Canadian forces.

German occupation of the Netherlands
Part of The Western Front of World War II
File:Rotterdam, Laurenskerk, na bombardement van mei 1940.jpg The Dutch City of Rotterdam after Heavy bombing May 14, 1940
Date May 10 1940 - May 5 1945 Location Netherlands Result Dutch and Allied victory Territorial changes The Netherlands occupied by Germany from 1940-1945
Belligerents
Nazi Germany	Netherlands Dutch resistance France (1940) United Kingdom Canada Poland (1944-1945) United States (1944-1945)

Netherlands During World War II Media

• Mill Rijksmonument 525576 S-Kazemat 543 langs Defensiekanaal tegen aarden wal.JPG

  A bunker of the Peel-Raam Line, built in 1939

• Mobilisatie 1939 Dutch soldiers on guard.jpg

  Dutch soldiers guard the Holland Water Line shortly after mobilisation, 1939

• Henri Winkelman (centre), just after signing the Dutch capitulation, 15 May 1940

• Ration stamps from the German-occupied Netherlands

• Anne Frank's diary has been translated into some sixty languages since its publication.

• Toespraak Anton Mussert.jpg

  Anton Mussert, leader of the NSB, speaking at a rally in The Hague in 1941

• Ssnederland.jpg

  Dutch recruiting poster for the Waffen-SS

• 101st with members of dutch resistance.jpg

  Members of the Dutch Resistance, identified by their cloth armbands, with American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in Veghel, September 1944

Related pages

• Dutch resistance (people who fought against the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands)