Republished with permission. Chapter 6 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
By 1943, the tide of the Pacific War had begun to turn. Allied victories in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands gave increasing confidence that Japan would eventually be defeated. For the Dutch Government, however, Read more
When Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch Government escaped to London, where they continued as the internationally recognised government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Constitutionally, the situation appeared Read more
Why Australia’s Partnership with the Netherlands Government-in-Exile and the Netherlands East Indies Still Matters By Paul Budde “What does it actually take to establish a government-in-exile?” It is a deceptively simple question. Over the past Read more