French and Dutch Underground During WWII

By Alec Clausing

En.wikipedia.org, December 17, 2009.

Germany’s Invasion

• May 10, 1940 invasion of France– Battle of France or Fall of France – Ended May 14, 1940

• May 10, 1940 invasion of the Netherlands– Battle of the Netherlands– Ended on May 14, 1940

conservapedia.com, December 27,2009.

Dutch Underground

• Resistance Groups• 1944 officially formed • Dutch Prince Bernhard

Msbeliever.tripod.com, December 27,2009.

Stoottroepen

• Storm troopers • Requirement: Had to be part of the

underground• Officially recognized and given U.S.

uniforms in late October

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German Occupation of France

• Massive and overwhelming • “Blitzkrieg”

French Underground

• Network of Operatives • Names• Communications

Death Camps

• “Final solution”• More than 6 million murdered

Escaping the Death Camps

• Last to escape from Belzec was Chiam Hirszman

• On the last train out of Belzec• Joined the partisans

U.S. Reluctance to Enter WWII

• Japanese bombed pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941

• Germany declares war on the U.S. Dec 11, 1941

• 160,000 U.S. casualties in WWI

CONFLI CT SPAN TOTALSWar of I ndependence (1775-1783) 25,000Quasi-War (1798-1800) 20Barbary Wars (1801-1815) 35War of 1812 (1812-1815) 20,0001st Seminole War (1817-1818) 302nd Seminole War (1835-1842) 1,500Mexican-American War (1846-1848) 13,2833rd Seminole War (1855-1858) 26Civil War (1861-1865) 623,026I ndian Wars (1865-1898) 919Spanish-American War -1898 2,446Philippine War (1898-1902) 4,196Boxer Rebellion (1900-1901) 37Mexican Revolution (1914-1919) 35Haiti Occupation (1915-1934) 146World War 1 (1917-1918) 116,708World War 2 (1941-1945) 407,316Korean War (1950-1953) 36,914Vietnam War (1964-1973) 58,169El Salvador (1980-1992) 20Beirut (1982-1984) 266Persian Gulf Support (1987-1988) 39I nvasion of Grenada -1983 19I nvasion of Panama -1989 40Persian Gulf War -1991 269Somalia (1992-1993) 43Bosnia 1995 12Afghanistan (2002-2009) 686+I raqi (2003-2009) 4,299+

French and Dutch Role in Defeating the Nazis

• Helped Prisoners escape• Killed and harassed many of the Germen

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