Holland At War Against Hitler Anglodutch Relations 19401945 M R D Foot by M. R. D. Foot 9781136291661, 1136291660 instant download after payment.

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. It seemed a pity to spoil an atmosphere of lively discussion by imposing on it too uniformly stolid a style. The merely mechanical passages, bearing on how the conference was to run, and the grace-notes introducing and thanking set speakers, have been left out; as have a few passages of slight importance and a few repetitions.