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Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
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1940
May
13
Queen Wilhelmina in London
On 13 May 1940 Queen Wilhelmina left the Netherlands aboard HMS Hereward and reached England. The de Geer government followed her the same day.
1941
November
23
The Americans in Suriname
In November 1941 the USA and the Dutch government-in-exile agreed to send American troops to Suriname to protect its bauxite mines.