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C0RI0LANUS

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Sat Jan 4, 2025, 12:37 AM Jan 4

The Dutch set up a "Government-in-Exile" when the Third Reich invaded on 10 May 1940. Too bad the US won't do the same. [View all]


Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Prime Minister of the exiled Dutch government at a BBC microphone, 23 Sep 1941.



Queen Wilhelmina ruled from 31 Aug 1880 – 28 Nov 1962, five years of it from the UK. (Undated photo).


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_government-in-exile
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