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The Netherlands in World War II - Prelude to the War | | The Netherlands in World War II - Prelude to the War: Encyclopedia II - The Netherlands in World War II - Prelude to the War | | In World War I the Netherlands succeeded in remaining neutral, although the sympathies were clearly more on the German side than on the British. Relations with Germany had traditionally been better and the memory of the Boer War was fresh. After the end of the war the Kaiser Wilhelm II asked and was given asylum, much to the anger of both Britain and France. A further consequence of the neutrality was that the country had no involvement in the Treaty of Versailles. In fact, the Dutch economy suffered from the financial consequences of the re ...
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The Netherlands in World War II - Prelude to the War
In World War I the Netherlands succeeded in remaining neutral, although the sympathies were clearly more on the German side than on the British. Relations with Germany had traditionally been better and the memory of the Boer War was fresh. After the end of the war the Kaiser Wilhelm II asked and was given asylum, much to the anger of both Britain and France. A further consequence of the neutrality was that the country had no involvement in the Treaty of Versailles. In fact, the Dutch economy suffered from the financial consequences of the reparation that Germany was made to pay. There was a large influx of children from Germany, Austria and even Hungary who came to stay with Dutch fosterparents as conditions in the hinterland worsened.
During the period between the first and second World Wars the Netherlands, like other countries, suffered from the effects of the Great Depression after the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
Prime minister Hendrikus Colijn pursued the policy of a strong guilder. This led to a strong currency, avoiding a possible hyperinflation such as had struck Germany in the early twenties, but also causing much poverty by unemployment according to some economists: the Great Depression was typified by deflation. The Vereniging Nederlands Fabrikaat (Dutch Product Association) tried to reverse the economic downfall with a campaign Koopt Nederlandsche waar, dan helpen wij elkaar (Buy Dutch goods, so we help each other).
The poverty caused by the Great Depression helped the rise of some Nazism in the Netherlands. Anton Mussert founded the Nazist Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (National Socialist Movement or NSB). It got almost no votes (about eight percent maximum), but was during the occupation made the only allowed political party in the Netherlands.
Under the influence of the economic depression and the Broken Guns movement, the budget of the Ministry of War (today Ministry of Defence) wasn't allowed to increase much.
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