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German occupation of the Netherlands
Part of The Western Front of World War II
Rotterdam, Laurenskerk, na bombardement van mei 1940.jpg
The Dutch City of Rotterdam after Heavy bombing May 14, 1940
Date May 10,1941 - May 14
Location
Netherlands
Result German victory
Territorial
changes		 The Netherlands occupied by Germany
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany Netherlands Netherlands
France France

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 Canadian forces.

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

Images for kids

  • Rotterdam, Laurenskerk, na bombardement van mei 1940

    The city of Rotterdam after the German bombing during the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940.

  • Kaart werkloosheid

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

  • Mobilisatie 1939 Dutch soldiers on guard

    Dutch soldiers guard the border with Germany shortly after mobilization, 1939.

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L23001, Amsterdam, Durchmarsch deutscher Truppen

    Waffen-SS troops in Amsterdam, 1940

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1969-097-17, Kapitulation der Niederlande

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

  • Voedselbonnen-01

    Ration stamps from the German-occupied Netherlands

  • Colportage - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 211853

    Amsterdam in April 1944

  • 9 anne frank beeld - WLM 2011 - drobm

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

  • Toespraak Anton Mussert

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

  • Ssnederland

    Dutch recruiting poster for the Waffen-SS.

  • Demonstratie Mussert en Seyss-Inquart - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 76383

    The NSB rally in Amsterdam where Seyss-Inquart and Mussert spoke about the necessity of invading the Soviet Union, 27 June 1941

  • 1943-10-07, Ons Volk, p001

    Ons Volk, a Dutch underground newspaper printed by the resistance

  • 101st with members of dutch resistance

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

  • COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Indonesische jongens tijdens hun soldatentraining door de Japanners TMnr 10001989

    Indonesian youths being trained by the Japanese army.

  • 73-Japanse kampen in Nederlands-Indië

    Liberated Dutch prisoners in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) in 1945

  • Sherman tanks advancing through Valkenswaard

    British Sherman tanks liberate Valkenswaard during Operation Market Garden, September 1944.

  • Holten-Rijssen April 1945

    Canadian troops pass a windmill in Rijssen-Holten, April 1945.

  • Geallieerde vliegtuigen boven Nederland - Allied planes over Holland (4481068617)

    Dutch civilians waving to allied bombers during the liberation of the Netherlands in 1945.

  • Kaalgeschoren moffenmeiden

    Collaborators and moffenmeiden being rounded up and publicly humiliated by resistance members following the Liberation

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