ROYAL REFUGEE

The Dutch royal family arrived in London after fleeing the German invasion of the Netherlands. The family eventually relocated to Canada, where they remained until the liberation of occupied Europe. Pictured is Prince Bernhard, future consort to Queen Juliana, carrying his daughter Princess Irene in an anti-gas crate. Bernhard would later return to the UK and in 1944 was made commander-in-chief of the Dutch forces, working alongside Allied commanders during the campaign to liberate the Netherlands.

After the invasion of France, Belgium and the Netherlands on 10 May, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with King George VI to resign, and advised that Winston Churchill should be called upon to form a government. Chamberlain’s government had been under intense pressure in parliament as a result of the disastrous

A NEW PRIME MINISTER

military campaign in Norway. Churchill is pictured here with Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, and Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for

Air. Both men would serve in Churchill’s cabinet as Secretary of State for War and Chancellor of the Exchequer respectively. Addressing parliament on 13 May, he stated, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”