Britain and the Belgian Exiles 1940-1945

Britain and the Belgian Exiles, 1940-1945. The main theme of this thesis is how the Belgian government under Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot redeemed its reputation with the British, as well as with its own citizens, during its four-year exile in London and its short tenure after Belgium was liberated in 1944. During this period, Pierlot and his government evolved from being an isolated and mistrusted neutral regime to being a valuable member of the Allied coalition against the Axis. The successful Anglo-Belgian partnership allowed Pierlot and his compatriots to have a small, but significant, pa... Mehr ...