Wilhelmina I13 May 1940
Leaves the Hague-Amsterdam redoubt. Asks the British to send extra fighters to defend Holland but is turned down
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Leaves the Hague-Amsterdam redoubt. Asks the British to send extra fighters to defend Holland but is turned down
The Dutch sign the document of capitulation
General Winckelmann capitulates
Queen Wilhelmina establishes a Government in exile in Britain
Pre war pacifism costs Holand dear, it has no tanks & only 26 armoured cars. Canals are flooded & "fortress Holland" created but Holland is overun by German tanks
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