Free Dutch forces

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Allied military unit Dutch military unit military forces

The Free Dutch forces were the military units formed by the Dutch government-in-exile during World War II that continued fighting alongside the Allies after the German occupation of the Netherlands.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Free Dutch forces canonical 2
Netherlands armed forces in exile 1
Royal Netherlands Forces in exile 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied military unit ⓘ
Dutch military unit ⓘ
military forces ⓘ
allegiance Dutch government-in-exile ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
continuedFrom pre-war Dutch armed forces ⓘ
country Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
dissolvedAfter end of World War II ⓘ
hasPart Dutch air units ⓘ
Dutch ground units ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
surface form: Royal Netherlands East Indies Army units

Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ
surface form: Royal Netherlands Navy units
ideology anti-Nazi resistance ⓘ
language Dutch ⓘ
notableCommander Wilhelmina of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
operatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
opposed Nazi occupation of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: German occupation of the Netherlands
opposedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
participatedIn Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
surface form: Allied air operations over Europe

Allied naval operations in the Pacific ⓘ
Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
liberation of the Netherlands ⓘ
partOf Allied forces ⓘ
role continued resistance after occupation of the Netherlands ⓘ
startTime 1940 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
usedBy Dutch government-in-exile ⓘ
surface form: Dutch government-in-exile in London

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liberation of the Netherlands → belligerent → Free Dutch forces ⓘ
Allied command structure → includesMember → Free Dutch forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Netherlands Forces in exile
Dutch government-in-exile → coordinated → Free Dutch forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands armed forces in exile
Operation Infatuate → involves → Free Dutch forces ⓘ