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Kingdom of The Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally known as Holland, is a West European country at the
North Sea, that borders Germany (east) and Belgium (south).
It also has a maritime border (west) with the United Kingdom (UK).
It consists of 12 provinces, and has several former colonies in the Caribian [1].
During WWII, The Netherlands was an occupied country under Nazi-Germany.
After the war – during the Cold War – it had a
Stay-Behind Organisation
and became part of the NATO alliance.
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Other spy radio sets used in The Netherlands
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During World War II (WWII), the Netherlands was an
occupied country under Nazi-Germany. The Dutch Government – and
Queen Wilhelmina – were relocated to London (UK), from where they controlled
resistance operations and intelligence gathering,
by dropping agents over occupied territory and maintaining radio contact
via an international network of clandestine radio stations.
During the war, three major clandestine resistance organisations
were active in the Netherlands:
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The first two, OD and RVV, maintained contact between occupied
Netherlands and the Dutch Government in exile in London, using a variety
of spy radio sets, mainly supplied by the UK.
In addition, the OD built a national radio network that would be used
in the final stages of the war, if the existing infrastructure
(e.g. telephone lines) had been destroyed by retreating Germans.
For this internal radio network, the OD developed and built its
own spy radio sets.
For the operation of its clandestine radio networks,
the OD and RVV heavily relied on licenced radio amateurs.
In addition to the three large national resistance organisations,
there were many smaller national and local initiatives,
some of which were eventually integrated with one of the three larger
ones. A few examples:
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| • | GDN | Geheime Dienst Nederland | Secret Service Netherlands |
| • | NC | Nationaal Comité | National committee |
| • | LO | Landelijke Organisatie | National Organisation |
| • | NSF | Nationaal Steunfonds | National Support Fund |
| • | PB | Persoonsbewijzenclub | ID club |
| • | GH | Groep Harry | Group Harry |
| • | GW | Groep Wim | Group Wim |
| • | GFL | Groep Fiat Libertas | Group Fiat Libertas |
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