Radio Oranje

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Radio Oranje was a Dutch-language radio program broadcast by the exiled Dutch government from London during World War II to inform and encourage the occupied Netherlands.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch-language radio program
propaganda broadcast
radio program
affiliation Dutch resistance
broadcastDuring World War II
broadcaster BBC
broadcastFrequency daily
broadcastFrom London
broadcastOn BBC European Service
content appeals to the resistance
messages from the Dutch government-in-exile
updates on the war situation
countryOfOrigin Netherlands
endTime 1945
format news
political commentary
speeches
genre political radio
hasHistoricalImpact strengthening Dutch national identity during occupation
historicalPeriod German occupation of the Netherlands
inception World War II
language Dutch
location United Kingdom
medium radio
namedAfter House of Orange-Nassau
notableBroadcaster Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
notableSpeaker Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
operator Dutch government-in-exile
opposedTo German occupation of the Netherlands
Nazi Germany
partOf Allied propaganda efforts in Europe
purpose to encourage the occupied Netherlands
to inform the occupied Netherlands
significance instrument of government-in-exile communication
symbol of Dutch resistance
startTime 1940
subjectHasRole channel for official Dutch government messages
tool for maintaining national morale
targetAudience Dutch population under German occupation
occupied Netherlands
usedFor psychological warfare against the occupiers

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
broadcastFrom

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