Gerbrandy, Holland’s Premier since 1940, resigned. Queen Wilhelmina whisked him back to form a “broader” government. With food rations political unrest in Holland began in the stomach.

In London The Netherlands Government in Exile also underwent a political crisis. Pieter S. Gerbrandy, Holland’s Premier since 1940, resigned. Promptly Queen Wilhelmina whisked him back to form a “broader” government.

As in Belgium, the Resistance and hunger were behind the crisis. In Maastricht, liberated Holland’s biggest city, underground fighters…