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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jlblonde, post: 1528780, member: 32000&quot;]<b>Netherlands WWII</b></p><p><br /></p><p>German occupation started on May 10, 1940 with the Battle of the Netherlands<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands" rel="nofollow"></a>. The Netherlands hoped to stay neutral when World War II<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" rel="nofollow"></a> broke out in 1939 but this hope was ended when Nazi Germany<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" rel="nofollow"></a> invaded in May 1940. On May 15, 1940, one day after the Bombing of Rotterdam<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam_Blitz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam_Blitz" rel="nofollow"></a> the Dutch forces capitulated. Subsequently the Dutch government and the royal family<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_royal_family" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_royal_family" rel="nofollow"></a> went into exile in London<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" rel="nofollow"></a>. Most of the south of the country was liberated in the second half of 1944. The rest, especially the west of the country, suffered from the Hunger Winter<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_famine_of_1944" rel="nofollow"></a>. On May 5, 1945, the whole country was liberated by the Allied Forces<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Canada_during_World_War_II#The_Low_Countries" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Canada_during_World_War_II#The_Low_Countries" rel="nofollow"></a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]201223.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netherlands - 1 Cent - 1943 - KM #170</p><p>[ATTACH]200977.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]200978.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netherlands - 5 Cent - 1941 - KM #172</p><p>[ATTACH]200979.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]200980.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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