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Contents
Introduction
I. The Existence and Challenges Faced by the Exile Governments in London
Limited Influence: the British and the Governments-in-Exile of Poland, Czechoslovakia and Yougoslavia Detlef Brandes
Belgium in Exile: The Experience of the Second World War Chantal Kesteloot
A Cold Shower in International Reality: Redefining the Dutch International Position 1940–1945 Albert E. Kersten
Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Polish Government-in-Exile’s Position with Its Allies and in Poland, 1940–1945 Anita J. Prażmowska
From Re-Emergence to Uncertainties: The Changing Position of Czechoslovakia in London throughout the Second World War Vít Smetana
The Factors Shaping the International Political Status and the Foreign Policy of the Czechoslovak Authorities in Exile, 1939–1945 Radosław Paweł Żurawski vel Grajewski
Polish and Czechoslovak Governments-in-Exile (and the Impact of Soviet Foreign Policy) in Russian Historiography Victoria V. Vasilenko
II. The Armed Forces of the Occupied Countries and their Political Significance
Together into Battle: The Armies in Exile: Considerable Value or “a Drop in the Ocean”? Zdenko Maršálek
The Yugoslav Armed Forces in Exile: From the Yugoslav Royal Guard Battalion to the Overseas Brigades Blaž Torkar
“The Most Difficult Country”: Some Practical Considerations on British Support for Clandestine Operations in Czechoslovakia during the Second World War Mark Seaman
III. Preparing in Exile a Post-War Solution of the Minorities Question
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 Němeček
Citizenship and Property Rights of “Our Germans”: The Development between 1943 and 1945 of the Legal Status of Germans in Post-War Czechoslovakia Matěj Spurný
The Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile and the Legacy of Population Transfers: An Analysis of the English Language Discourse Martin D. Brown
The End of the International Protection of Minorities under the Auspices of the League of Nations René Petráš
IV. Propaganda and Education in War-Time Britain
Bruce Lockhart, British Political Warfare and Occupied Europe Richard Overy
“Anything that is dear to their hearts”: Czechoslovak History and Culture in the London Broadcasts, 1939–1945 Erica Harrison
Walking on Egg-Shells: The Czechoslovak Exiles and Anti-Semitism in Occupied Europe during the Second World War Jan Láníček
Truth Conquers… Political Pamphlets of the Czech and Slovak Opposition versus Edvard Beneš and the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile Dušan Segeš
Looking for French, Anglophile or Soviet Inspiration? The Diplomatic Struggle for the Post-war Orientation of Czechoslovak Education and Culture Doubravka Olšáková
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