Free Dutch forces
The Free Dutch Forces were the Dutch military formations of the Dutch government-in-exile and its colonies that were formed to fight alongside the Western Allies against Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II following the Dutch surrender in May 1940. After the Battle of France, Dutch infantry that had escaped to Britain organized themselves into a "Dutch Legion", which after more structural changes became the Princess Irene Brigade and fought alongside the Allies until the end of the war.