Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

0057554

Zusammenfassung

The radical expansion of the Nazi Empire made London the capital of free, Allied Europe. France, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia and others were represented by exile governments, led by key figures of the 20th Century such as Charles de Gaulle, Edvard Benes, Queen Wilhelmina and Wladyslaw Sikorski. Their goal was to maintain national interests and to participate in the planning of post-war Europe. The following years saw close cooperation between the different governments-in-exile and between them and British authorities - the 'London Moment'. They claimed statehood an...