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The start of World War II, but there was no fighting for some time so it was called the 'Phoney war'
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The Dutch government knew that the German were going to attack
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As of this time, the Netherlands were at war
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Her fleeing became a symbol of fight against the Nazi's; After she left she began addressing the Dutch on Radio Oranje
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His threat was that if Rotterdam didn't surrender, it would be bombed, which it was
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Germany threatened to bomb Utrecht so the Netherlands surrendered; they also signed the capitulation agreement
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It was headed by Austrian Nazi, Arthur Seyss-Inquart