Doing Business with the Hun: Dutch Business During the German Occupation, 1940–45

Martijn Lak

Chapter 5 in Industrial Collaboration in Nazi-Occupied Europe, 2016, pp 115-138 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract After five days of combat against the Wehrmacht, the Dutch army surrendered, and in May 1940 the Netherlands was occupied by Nazi Germany. It thus suffered the same fate as the rest of Western Europe. To the astonishment and shock of contemporaries, France capitulated after a mere six weeks of fighting; Stalin is believed to have turned pale on hearing about it, and the fall of France caused near-panic in Washington. Even Hitler himself was stunned. By June 1940, Germany had, at astonishingly low cost, emerged victorious in continental Europe. Nothing seemed to threaten Hitler’s mastery, at least not in the foreseeable future. Only Great Britain was undefeated, but by itself could never defeat Nazi Germany.

Keywords: Dutch Government; Dutch Company; German Industry; Inventory Number; German Occupation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-53423-1_5

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