First Published in 1990. The conference on Anglo-Dutch relations from 1940 to 1945, held at University College London on 3, 4 and 5 April 1989, covered a part - not the least interesting nor the simplest part - of the diplomatic and military history of the world war against Nazi Germany and imperial Japan. The historical context of Anglo-Dutch relations, close since the fall of the Roman Empire, bears setting out at the start. The papers that follow are printed almost as they were delivered, at a conference attended by a mixture of scholars, teachers, diplomats, journalists, students and retired warriors; of ages as diverse as their experiences; many of whom already knew each other.

M.R.D. Foot, HRH Prince Bernhard

address Opening Addresses, Archibald Hamilton; Chapter 1 The Dutch Government in Exile, Louis De Jong; Chapter 2 The Dutch Armed Forces in Exile, Robert Den Boeft; Chapter 2a *The author is grateful for a grant from the University of Sussex which partly funded the preparation of this paper. The help and hospitality of Professor Dr Albert Kersten and his colleagues at the Rijksbureau voor Vaderlandse Geschiedenis were also invaluable., Jan Aart Scholte; Chapter 3 How Dutch Resistance was Organized, Harry Paape; Chapter 4 The Englandspiel[M.R.D. Foot; Chapter 5 Operation Market Garden; Chapter 5a Caught Between Hope and Fear, Piet Kamphuis; Chapter 6 Principles of Dutch Foreign and Defence Policy, Frits Bolkestein; Chapter 7 The War, the Netherlands and the Development of the European Economic Community, Alan S. Milward;