Table of Contents
Introduction 7
I The Existence and Challenges Faced by the Exile Governments in London 11
Limited Influence: the British and the Governments-in-Exile of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia Detlef Brandes 12
Belgium in Exile: The Experience of the Second World War Chantdl Kesteloot 20
A Cold Shower in International Reality: Redefining the Dutch International Position 1940-1945 Albert E. Kersten 32
Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Polish Government-in-Exile's Position with Its Allies and in Poland, 1940-1945 Anita J. Prazmowska 50
From Re-Emergence to Uncertainties: The Changing Position of Czechoslovakia in London throughout the Second World War Vít Smetana 59
The Factors Shaping the International Political Status and the Foreign Policy of the Czechoslovak Authorities in Exile, 1939-1945 Radoslaw Pawel Zurawski vel Grajewski 72
Polish and Czechoslovak Governments-in-Exile (and the Impact of Soviet Foreign Policy) in Russian Historiography Victoria V. Vasilenko 84
II The Armed Forces of the Occupied Countries and their Political Significance 93
Together into Battle: The Armies in Exile: Considerable Value or "a Drop in the Ocean"? Zdenko Maršálek 94
The Yugoslav Armed Forces in Exile: From the Yugoslav Royal Guard Battalion to the Overseas Brigades Blaz Torkar 111
"The Most Difficult Country": Some Practical Considerations on British Support for Clandestine Operations in Czechoslovakia during the Second World War Mark Seaman 122
III Preparing in Exile a Post-War Solution of the Minorities Question 133
Was There an Alternative to the "Transfer" of German Minorities from Czechoslovakia and Poland during the 1939-1944
Discussions on Post-War Europe by the Governments-in-Exile? Jan Kuklík - Jan Nemecek 134
Citizenship and Property Rights of "Our Germans": The Development between 1943 and 1945 of the Legal Status of Germans in Post-War Czechoslovakia Matej Spumy 160
The Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile and the Legacy of Population Transfers: An Analysis of the English Language Discourse Martin D. Brown 167
The End of the International Protection of Minorities under the Auspices of the League of Nations René Petrás 191
IV Propaganda and Education in War-Time Britain 199
Bruce Lockhart, British Political Warfare and Occupied Europe Richard Overy 200
"Anything that is dear to their hearts": Czechoslovak History and Culture in the London Broadcasts, 1939-1945 Erica Harrison 218
Walking on Egg-Shells: The Czechoslovak Exiles and Anti-Semitism in Occupied Europe during the Second World War Jan Lánícek 227
Truth Conquers… Political Pamphlets of the Czech and Slovak Opposition versus Edvard Beneš and the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile Dušan Segeš 255
Looking for French, Anglophile or Soviet Inspiration? The Diplomatic Struggle for the Post-war Orientation of Czechoslovak Education and Culture Doubravka Olšáková 276
About the Contributors and Editors 290
Index 297
