Back in time: Timeline

October 11th 2017

As tension with Venezuela rises to an all-time high, the Netherlands parliament authorizes the sending of naval assets to the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao to safe guard those islands.

November 14th 2017 to May 1st 1940

When the Royal Netherlands Navy Taskforce consisting of De Zeven Provinciën class frigates HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (flagship), HNLMS Evertsen, Zuiderkruis class support ship HNLMS Zuiderkruis, Karel Doorman (M) class frigate HNLMS Van Amstel ,Amphibious Transport Ships HNLMS Rotterdam , HNLMS Johan de Witt ,Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessels, HNLMS Holland and HNLMS Friesland are about to depart Naval base Den Helder under the command of Rear Admiral Willem de Fries and can begin their journey to deliver the 1st and 2nd Marine Battalions to the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao and to patrol the islands territorial waters which are being violated repeatedly by the Venezuela Navy since the start of the increasing tensions between the Netherlands and Venezuela a strange light engulfs the Taskforce which is gathered in Naval base Den Helder. Before anybody can react the light disappears and where once was the modern naval base which they were laying in a moment ago is change into a naval base only known in old pictures.

May 2nd 1940

A day after the Royal Netherlands Navy Taskforce was transported from Naval base Den Helder in the year 2017 to 1940 confusion still was great among the Taskforce and the now 1940s Royal Netherlands Navy who now played host to eight Royal Netherlands Navy ships from 78 years in the future. Taskforce commander Rear Admiral Willem de Fries who after contact was made a day earlier with his 1940s counterparts was spending most of his time talking with the Chief of Naval Staff Admiral J.Th. Furstner, Prime Minster Dirk Jan de Geer, Minster of War and Navy, Adriaan Dijxhoorn and even with Queen Wilhelmina where he talks about the strange light that brought the Taskforce almost 78 years into the past and about the German invasion of the Netherlands which is about to begin eight days ( May 10th ) from now.

May 4th 1940

Three days after the arrival of the Taskforce from the future the Netherlands government asks Rear Admiral Willem de Fries to assume the position of Commander of the navy in the Netherlands due his knowledge about the future events and his commanding the most advance navy in the world. Rear Admiral Willem de Fries agrees to the request, but informs both the Prime Minster and the Minster of War and Navy that he will command the Navy his way or no way, knowing that they have no choice they accept his request. Knowing that time is not on their side Rear Admiral Willem de Fries orders the following thing things happen (1) on the outbreak of war the Amphibious Transport Ships HNLMS Rotterdam, HNLMS Johan de Witt and Zuiderkruis class support ship HNLMS Zuiderkruis will depart towards the United Kingdom carrying the 1st and 2nd Marine Battalion as he believes that they are more useful if the remain intact (2) HNLMS Holland to be assigned the role of flagship of the Ijsselmeer squadron which will consist of Z-class torpedo boats HNLMS Z-3 and Z-5, Brinio class gunboats HNLMS Brinio and HNLMS Friso (3) HNLMS Friesland be assigned the role of flagship of the North Sea Squadron which consist of Flores class sloop, HNLMS Flores and sloop HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau ( 4) preparations to be made to bring as much warships men and supplies to safely , this includes floating all ships under construction or destroying them if that is not possible (5) to establish contact with the British and to coordinate matters related to the defense of the country (6).

May 6th 1940

Contact is establishing with the British who are informed about the arrival of the Royal Netherlands Navy Taskforce of the future which at first is thought of as a joke. This changes when Admiral G.C. Dickens, the British naval attaché in The Hague is invited onboard De Zeven Provinciën class frigates HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën now flagship of the entire royal Netherlands Navy where he meets with Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy in the Netherlands and during their meeting both admirals discuss about issues rating from the new ships to cooperation between the Royal Netherlands Navy and the British Royal Navy.

May 7th 1940

Java-class cruiser HNLMS Sumatra escorted by Karel Doorman (M) class frigate HNLMS Van Amstel out on sea on neutrality patrol are spotted by two German Luftwaffe planes who take picture of both of them. As the Netherlands is not yet at war with Germany the two warships are forced to let the two Luftwaffe planes fly over them.

The Royal Netherlands Army outer defenses are put on full alert and the main defense lines the second highest alert.

May 9th 1940

Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands armed forces General Winkelman agrees to the idea of Commander of the Navy in the Netherlands Rear Admiral Willem de Fries to designate one infantry regiment for boarding amphibious transport ships HNLMS Rotterdam and HNLMS Johan de Witt when the go to the United Kingdom when war breaks out (the infantry regiment will be used to form the core of a Netherlands Army in exile together with the 1st and 2nd Marine Battalions).

From Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade, Gilze-Rijen air field a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle takes off for its firs mission (the Royal Netherlands Army in 2015 bought four MQ-9 Reapers of which two where onboard Zuiderkruis class support ship HNLMS Zuiderkruis).

Admiral G.C. Dickens, the British naval attaché in The Hague informs Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy that the 2nd Irish Guards Battalion and the 2nd Welsh Guards Battalion are being made ready for departure to the Netherlands and that the British Expeditionary Force already in France is moving towards the border of Belgium and Luxemburg as provided by the information supplied by Rear Admiral Willem de Fries during their meeting on May 6th.

North Sea Squadron consisting of Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessel HNLMS Friesland (flagship) and Flores class sloop, HNLMS Flores and sloop HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau during a neutrality patrol of the coast of the small West Frisian Island of Rottumeroog is intercepted by the K-Class cruiser KMS Köln who flows the three vessels of the North Sea Squadron for a half hour before suddenly heading back to German territorial waters.

May 10th 1940

What should be the day that Germany should attack the Netherlands and begin their invasion, turns into a day with nothing happening. This worries Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy from his new office at the Ministry of Defence in The Hague and he decides to send one of his two MQ-9 Reapers based at Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade, Gilze-Rijen air field to fly over assembly points in Germany who were known to be used by the German Army for the intended invasion of the Netherlands.

Colonel Hans Oster, an Abwehr (German intelligence) officer passes along information to his friend, the Netherlands military attaché in Berlin Major Gijsbertus J. Sas that the invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Luxemburg has been put on hold by Adolf Hitler mostly due the presence of the Netherlands Taskforce which he finds worrying.

The 3rd (Provisional) Marine Battalion is form in Rotterdam and consists of some 450 marines who are station in barracks in the city of Rotterdam. The 3rd (Provisional) Marine Battalion is augmented with 120 Marines from the Taskforce own 1st and 2nd Marine Battalions.

May 11th 1940

Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands armed forces General Winkelman using the information supplied by both aerial flights over Germany by the MQ-9 Reapers and information passed by sources inside Germany instructs that the field army units belonging to the Royal Netherlands Army may allowed to grant urgent leave requests again, something that was suspended on May 7th when the Royal Netherlands Army was placed on full alert.

Anton Mussert leader of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands is shot to death by an unknown assassin outside his home in The Hague.

May 12th 1940

First Lord of the Admiralty and a member of the British War Cabinet Winston Churchill after arriving for a secret meeting with Admiral G.C. Dickens, the British naval attaché in The Hague, Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral J.Th. Furstner in The Hague is offered a ride in one of the two NH90: Tactical Transport Helicopters station onboard Zuiderkruis class support ship HNLMS Zuiderkruis, an offer he accepts without question ( as the invasion of the low counties and France has not happen , Neville Chamberlain still clings onto power unlike in OTL where the invasion of low counties and France was the last blow to his position as prime minster and he was forced to resign on May 10th ).

May 13th 1940

Twelve days since the arrival of Netherlands Taskforce from the future the Cabinet-De Geer II (formed in 1939) falls due information provided by the Taskforce that prime minster Dirk Jan de Geer might be a future traitor and deserter and such the members of the Cabinet-De Geer II removes their trust in his ability for leading the Netherlands in these hard times.

May 14th 1940

Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy is ask by Queen Wilhemina who after having discuss it with Rear Admiral Willem de Fries to form a national unity government (hence forth known as Cabinet-Gerbrandy I) with him as prime minster (Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy was appointed prime minster of the government in exile in OTL and such Queen Wilhemina who was briefed by Rear Admiral Willem de Fries considers him the best choice to lead a government of national unity in this difficult time).

May 15th 1940

The Cabinet-Gerbrandy I announces that the threat from Germany is too great to ignore and instead of waiting for Germany to invade the Netherlands and knowing what information they have received from the Taskforce from the future, they have informed the German ambassador to the Netherlands that from this day onwards the Kingdom of the Netherlands is at war with the Third Reich.

Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands armed forces General Winkelman, under orders from the government, orders that army units belonging to the Royal Netherlands Army based in the provinces of Friesland, Groningen Drenthe, South Holland and Limburg are put on high alert.

Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy authorities the Reaper detachment based out of the Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade, Gilze-Rijen air field to arm the two MQ-9 Reapers for combat missions over Germany (The MQ-9 Reapers can carry AGM-114 Hellfire air to ground missiles, GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs ore AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air missile ).

Escorted by British Destroyers HMS Whitshed, HMS Vesper, HMS Malcolm and light cruiser HMS Calcutta, two transport ships carrying the 2nd Irish Guards Battalion and the 2nd Welsh Guards Battalion begin their journey toward the Netherlands.

May 16th 1940

British Royal Air Force aircraft are permitted to enter Netherlands airspace but warned not to venture above naval base Den Helder airspace as it is considered a free fire zone due it being protected by De Zeven Provinciën class frigates HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën, HNLMS Evertsen, and Karel Doorman (M) class frigate HNLMS Van Amstel while not on patrol.

Hitler in front of the Reichstag in a speech declares war on the Netherlands who he considers are being manipulating by the Anglo-French onto declaring war on the peaceful country of Germany.

The Netherland East and West Indies and Netherlands Guiana formally declare the existence of a state of war with the Third Reich.

The National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) is declared to be an illegal movement by the Netherlands government due it being a threat to the security of the Netherlands.

May 17th 1940

The Cabinet-Gerbrandy I despite not wanting to hurt the local tourism business were forced to shut down the Ouwehands Zoo located on a hill near the town of Rhenen orders it to close down the sightseeing tower, as it can be used as a place for enemy agents to survey the local defense which are part of the Grebbe Line (The government has been briefed by Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy who told them that the local lookout tower part of the zoo was used by German officers in civilian clothes to survey the local defenses in the previous months and as a result the government who believes that the defense of the country is more important has ordered that that section of the zoo was to be closed until futher notice).

The 2nd Irish Guards Battalion and the 2nd Welsh Guards Battalion arrive in the port town of Ijmuiden together with their destroyer and cruiser escort. Both British battalions will remain in the port town until they have unloaded everything onboard the transport ships before they will board trains that will bring them to the Grebbe Line and Peel-Raam Line where they will take position alongside the 4th infantry division of the Royal Netherlands Army.

The 5th Battalion, the Loyal Regiment and 1st Battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment depart the United Kingdom onboard transports ships for their journey towards the Netherlands where they are planning to join the 2nd Irish Guards Battalion and the 2nd Welsh Guards Battalion at the Grebbe Line and Peel-Raam Line.

Karel Doorman (M) class frigate HNLMS Van Amstel rendezvous at the Hook of Holland with the light cruiser HMS Calcutta who is to escort the frigate towards Portsmouth where it will unload some research material for British scientists to study (the research material includes items like four Mark 46 torpedoes, some Diemaco C8A1 5.56 mm carbines, Diemaco C7 LSW light machineguns, Glock 17 pistols, FN MAG general purpose machineguns and even a Land Rover Defender parked on the helideck of the frigate).

Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy after long consideration decides that the 1st and 2nd Marine Battalions who have until now been mostly been waiting onboard amphibious transport ships HNLMS Rotterdam and HNLMS Johan de Witt are to be deployed in and around the city of Den Helder while some elements of the 1st and 2nd Marine Battalions who were not already assigned to the 3rd (Provisional) Marine Battalion are moved to where they are needed.

May 18th 1940

A British-French Army delegation including General Lord Gort, (commander of the British Expeditionary Force in France) and French general Maurice Gamelin (Supreme Commander of all French armed forces) visit Den Helder where a small exposition of military hardware from the future is being shown (some items being shown to the British-French Army delegation are: Stingers surface to air missile, Gill anti-tank missile, Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank weapons, M107 anti-materiel sniper rifles, FN MAG general purpose machineguns and even a BVS10 armored all-terrain personnel carrier and a Fennek light armored reconnaissance vehicle ).

First Lord of the Admiralty and a member of the British War Cabinet Winston Churchill arrive for his second and now public visit to the Netherlands to discuss matters of importance with Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy and to visit the 2nd Irish Guards Battalion and the 2nd Welsh Guards Battalion who are now arriving at their positions at the Grebbe Line and Peel-Raam Line.

The Marine Air Defense battery equipped with each four Fennek Stinger Weapon Platforms is deployed in and around the Netherlands capital of Den Hague (The Marine Air Defense battery was establishing in 2014 to provide mobile air defense for the Royal Netherlands Marine corps and had four Fennek Stinger Weapon Platforms onboard the Zuiderkruis class support ship HNLMS Zuiderkruis).

Somewhere in a park in Berlin, colonel Oster, an Abwehr (German intelligence) officer meets with his friend; the Netherlands military attaché in Berlin ,major Sas where he passes the information that Adolf Hitler will arrive at the Führer headquarter of Felsennest (Rock Nest) near the village Rodert on May 19th where he will have meeting with Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess, Reichsmarschall Herman Göring, Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop and Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler , when major Sas ask his friend if this mean that the invasion of the low country’s and France is to begin shortly then , colonel Oster responds yes. After the meeting major Sas back at the Netherlands embassy transmit his report to the Ministry of Defense in The Hague where it is quickly sent to Rear Admiral Willem de Fries who after reading colonel Oster report comes to the conclusion that the opportunity to kill many Nazis in one blow has come much easier than he anticipated and begins working on a plan that might prevent more lives from being lost ( in OTL Adolf Hitler did meet with high ranking Nazi officials at Felsennest before the beginning of the invasion of the low country’s and France on May 10th 1940).

May 19th 1940

Decapitation strike

Flying several kilometers up in the air two MQ-9 Reapers unnoticed by the naked eye fly over the small complex which makes up Führer headquarter Felsennest, only receiving encrypted radio messages from their operators back at Gilze-Rijen air field when absolute necessary.

Carrying each four GBU-39 guided bombs (1) the two Reapers monitor any movement in and around the small German bunker complex and after several hours (Reapers can fly for more than 14 hours fully loaded) over their target they notice a large vehicle convoy arriving at the bunker complex, this arrival triggers the two AIs of the Reapers (2) to activate both their targeting devices that will guide the GBU-39s onto target.

When the large vehicle convoy has stopped near a small bunker located in the center and people beginning to enter it the two Reapers receive permission to drop their payloads on and around the bunker. A couple of minutes after having received the permission the first Reaper drops its four GBU-39s followed seconds later by the other Reaper who also drops its four GBU-39s.

Dropping at a high speed three GBU-39s penetrate the bunker while the other five GBU-39s hit the ground around detonating and killing everybody inside and outside the bunker ,staying high in the sky the two Reapers after their strike continue to observe what now has turned into chaos on the ground as personal not effected by the blast try to cope what just happened.

1- The GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) is a 113 kg guided bomb which has a warhead of 23 kg able to penetrate some 3 feet of steel reinforced concrete, the Zuiderkruis class support ship HNLMS Zuiderkruis was not only carrying GBU-39s intended for a Royal Netherlands Air Force squadron operating F-35 Lightning IIs from the island of Aruba but also GBU-12 PAVEWAY II laser-guided bombs both who can be fired from the MQ-9 Reaper.

2 - American MQ-9 Reapers began flying with AIs as its operatizing system instead of being controlled by human operators in 2016, this new AI system makes it possible for human operators to only have to observe and control only when needed. In 2017 the four Netherlands Reapers where upgraded with the AI system just before they were to send onboard Zuiderkruis class support ship HNLMS Zuiderkruis to the island of Aruba.

Business as usual or is it

While in Germany events are playing around that will change history, Karel Doorman (M) class frigate HNLMS Van Amstel and here escort the light cruiser HMS Calcutta arrive in the British naval base of Southampton where it will unload here research material and afterwards is going to play host to many high ranking British naval officers who are eager to see a warship from 78 years into the future.

The 5th Battalion, the Loyal Regiment and 1st Battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment onboard their transport ships arrive at the port town of Ijmuiden where they begin unloading unaware that they might never see action in the Netherlands.

Late in the evening at the Ministry of Defense in The Hague, Rear Admiral Willem de Fries who watching out of the window of his office reflects that eighteen days ago he and more than 2,500 of his brave sailors and marines were transported 78 years into the past by a blinding flash of light. But that is no longer important; they are here to stay and have to make the best of it, now only the event earlier in the day maters which if all turns out well might have saved the Netherlands from destruction that’s if he can get answers to two questions, did Hitler survive the Reaper strike on the bunker which the admiral finds highly unlikely as nothing much of the bunker was left standing and who is going to assume the leadership of Germany with Hitler death.

May 20th 1940

A day after the attack that changed history in Europe a group called the Council for a Democratic Germany (Rat für ein demokratisches Deutschland (CDG) quickly formed after hearing that Hitler was killed by an allied air strike (something they manage to conceal) in order of restoring democracy in Germany launched an internal coup d'état and except facing some resistance by SS units and the Reich Main Security Office under the leadership of its director, SS-Obergruppen führer Reinhard Heydrich who were stopped by Heer units operated by falsified orders issued (1) which showed that Reinhard Heydrich working together with Joseph Goebbels where responsible for the death of Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Hess, Herman Göring, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Heinrich Himmler ( the Council for a Democratic Germany consist of Generaloberst Ludwig Beck, General Halder (Chief of Staff of the Army High Command), Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Carl Goerdeler, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris (Chief of the Abwehr ) , Colonel Hans Oster (deputy head of Abwehr ), Generalmajor Henning von Tresckow (general staff officer of Army Group A ) and Erwin von Witzleben ( commander of the 1st Army ).

(1) The falsified orders simply called the May 20th order was issued by General Halder (Chief of Staff of the Army High Command) and which are:

I. The Führer Adolf Hitler is dead by the hands of an unscrupulous clique of SS and party leaders who seek to seize power for their own selfish purposes.

II. In this hour of highest danger, the government of the Reich has declared a state of military emergency for the maintenance of law and order and at the same time has transferred the executive power, with the supreme command of the Wehrmacht, to me.

III. Acting under my function as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces I have transfer the executive power to a group of loyal Germans who will govern the Third Reich in these difficult times and who have control over:

a) All section and units of the Wehrmacht, including the Waffen-SS, RAD and the OT, within their area of command;

b) All public authorities (of the Reich, Germany, the states and the municipalities), especially the entire law enforcement police, security police and administrative police;

c) All office bearers and subdivisions of the NSDAP and those of its affiliated associations;

d) The transportation services and public utilities

IV. The holders of executive power are responsible for the maintenance of order and public security. They especially have to ensure:

a) The protection of communication.

b) The elimination of the SD (Security Service).

c) The arrest of SA, SS, NSDAP, RSHA and Gestapo personal that refuse to comply with orders issued by the executive power.

d) Any opposition against the military power of enforcement is to be broken ruthlessly.

And thus in this hour of highest danger for the Fatherland, unity of the Wehrmacht and the maintenance of full discipline is the uppermost requirement.

That is why I make it the duty of all commanders of the Heer (army), Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force) to support the holders of executive power to carry out their difficult task with all means at their disposal and to guarantee the compliance of their directives by the subordinate sections. The German soldier stands before a historical task. It will depend on his energy and attitude whether the Third Reich will overcome these difficult times.

May 21st 1940

Two days after the Council for a Democratic Germany (Rat für ein demokratisches Deutschland (CDG) had seized control of the Third Reich its members began working on a way to end the war which Adolf Hitler had started when he ordered the invasion of Poland on September 1st 1939, after some discussion they decided to send a letter which would be delivered by the German ambassador to Switzerland to his British counterpart and in it would read that Germany wants to end the war and that they want to discuss terms in a city of the allies (British, French, Polish, Norwegians and the Netherlands) choosing.

Karel Doorman (M) class frigate HNLMS Van Amstel after having spent two days of playing host to many high ranking British naval officers in the British naval base of Southampton begins its two day journey back to the Netherlands naval base of Den Helder (some of the high ranking British naval officers are Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound and Third Sea Lord and Controllers of the Navy Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser while First Lord of the Admiralty and a member of the British War Cabinet Winston Churchill and King George VI visit the frigate on its first day in the British naval base of Southampton).

Flying high above Germany one of the two (now part of the Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade) MQ-9 Reapers armed with eight AGM-114 Hellfire air to ground missiles and four AIM-92 Stinger air-to-air missiles ready to engage when needed begins to find that many of the German staging places to be used for the intended invasion of the low country’s and France are empty or showing no abnormal activity at all indicating that the new Junta controlling Germany has not planned an invasion of for the low country’s ore France at this moment.

May 22nd 1940

The letter written by the Council for a Democratic Germany is presented by the German ambassador to Switzerland to his counterpart in the British embassy in Geneva who after the German ambassador has left quickly phones the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord Halifax to inform him about his meeting and the context of the letter he was given. After the call with the British ambassador has concluded Lord Halifax traveled to 10 Downing Street to discuss the peace letter with Prime minster Neville Chamberlain. After a hour of discussing the peace letter the prime minster orders Lord Halifax to contact his British, French, Polish, Norwegians and Netherlands counterparts and to inform them of the letter before any action will be taken.

Admiral Canaris (Chief of the Abwehr and member of the Council for a Democratic Germany) informs Dr. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler who was chosen as the chairman of the Council for a Democratic Germany and thus unofficially the head of state of the Third Reich that all personal of the Gestapo, SD and RSHA who were given a choice to join the Abwehr have done so and the few that have not (most come from the SD) have been taken care of. Admiral Canaris also informs Dr. Goerdeler that according to his sources that all the nations who are at war with Germany have received the peace letter from the British and that in a couple of days according to his estimates they will either respond positivity to the letter or ignore it completely.

The Marine Air Defense battery (four Fennek Stinger Weapon Platforms) which was deployed in and around the Netherlands capital of Den Hague stands down as the treat of German invasion has decreased to a level that Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands armed forces General Winkelman feels that the presence of the Marine Air Defense battery is no longer necessary.

Three days after colonel Oster, an Abwehr (German intelligence) officer had passed information regarding Adolf Hitler visit to the Führer headquarter Felsennest which lead to his death in the Reaper strike to his friend; the Netherlands military attaché in Berlin, major Sas the two meet again in public bar where colonel Oster asked his friend if the Netherlands was behind the killing of Adolf Hitler as it happen a day after he gave the information to him in which the major replies if I knew I would not tell you as you would not believe me at all.

May 24th 1940

With several high ranking British and French naval officers onboard De Zeven Provinciën class frigate HNLMS Evertsen launches one of its 32 SM-2 Medium Range Block IVA surface-to-air missiles against a remotely controlled Fokker D.XVII biplane which took off from the Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade 3rd Regiment (Training, Support and Depots) airfield located on the island of Texel and after only a minute of flight the SM-2 Medium Range Block IVA surface-to-air missile hits the remotely controlled Fokker D.XVII biplane which explodes in a spectacular result and with it end the sea to air demonstration for the high ranking British and French naval officers ( the Fokker D.XVII biplane was already considered obsolete by the Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade and thus could be modified by a engineers and mechanics from the 2017 Taskforce into a the remotely controlled aircraft to be used for this demonstration ).

After two weeks of training which began on May 7th the 4th (Provisional) Marine Battalion is form in Rotterdam and consists of some 600 recruits which where already undergoing training at the time of the arrival of the Netherlands 2017 taskforce on May 1st and who were given training by instructors from the 1st and 2nd Marine Battalions ( the 3rd (Provisional) Marine Battalion and 4th (Provisional) Marine Battalion are not yet regular marine battalions which will take time and until they have reach the standards of training of the 1st and 2nd ( future ) Marine Battalions they will remain (Provisional) Marine Battalions ).

The soldier and officers of the British Royal Army 2nd Irish Guards Battalion (part of the 20th Independent Infantry Brigade which is made up of the 2nd Irish Guards Battalion, 5th Battalion, the Loyal Regiment, 1st Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment and the 2nd Welsh Guards Battalion ) which is deployed at alongside the Royal Netherlands Army 4th infantry division ( 8th Infantry Regiment, 11th Infantry Regiment , 19th Infantry Regiment and 8th Artillery Regiment ) and the 2nd ( future ) Marine Battalion at the Grebbe Line and Peel-Raam Line are given the change to ride in one of the eight Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles ore one of several ( Sixty total ) BVS10 armored all-terrain personnel carriers which where onboard the Taskforce when it arrived from the future.

With the second day of the ceasefire in effect between Germany and the British, French, Polish, Norwegians and Netherlands telephones continue to ring across Europe as the last details for a meeting between the six nations is being made. In the late evening an agreement is made with the Belgian government offering to be the neutral place for all six head of states to come to a peace agreement as the Belgians have too much to lose if the war resumes as they remember 1914 all too well (The peace meeting will be held on May 25th in the Belgian capitol of Brussels).

May 25th 1940

At the Royal Palace of Brussels home of the Belgain king Leopold III the head of states of the six nations at war (Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Paul Reynaud of France, Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile Władysław Sikorski, Prime Prime Minister of Norway Johan Nygaardsvold , Prime Minister Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy of the Netherlands and representing the Provisional Government of Germany , the chairman of the Council for a Democratic Germany and unofficially the head of state of the Third Reich Dr. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler ) meet where the four nations head of states give only four demands to Dr. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler which are : German forces must leave Norway ,Denmark and Poland by the end of July , Germany must allow the Permanent Court of International Justice located in The Hague, Netherlands to investigated and if needed prosecute any Germans who are involved in crimes against humanity , the total dismantling of the Nazi regime which includes banning the NSDAP and last but not lease that Germany will have free and fair election held before the end of 1940. Dr. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler who hearing the four demands informs his four counterparts that Germany will agree except that Germany will not leave West Poland as long as the Soviet Union occupies East Poland as he fears that the Soviet Union will invaded the remainder of Poland when Germany leaves and in the worst case scenario will continue by invading Germany. Hearing this Rear Admiral Willem de Fries who is special advisor to the peace talks for the allies offers a solution, to have a British-French-Netherlands force deployed in west Poland alongside he Polish armed forces which in effect create a failsafe in case the Soviet Union invades West Poland and that the all three nations will put pressure on the Soviet Union to give back East Poland to the polish people. Hearing this Dr. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler knowing that any Soviet attack against west Poland with a British-French-Netherlands presence will mean war agrees and after several hours of more discussion the six head of states sign the Peace Treaty of Brussels ending the seventh month long Great European War which began on September 1st 1939 and ended on May 25th 1940.

May 26th 1940

A day after the signing of the Peace Treaty of Brussels the prime minster of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin tells Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov that he must inform the British and French ambassadors that the Soviet Union will not hand over any former Polish territory the Soviet Union annexed in 1939 as it is now part of the Soviet Union and to inform them that their country’s upcoming presences in West Poland will worsen the relations between the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom and the French Republic which are already at a all time low due the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 ( the Netherlands does not have a embassy in the Soviet Union since the October Revolution of 1917 and the execution of tsar Nicolas II and his family resulted in a breach in the diplomatic relations between the two countries).

Reichskommissariat für die besetzten norwegischen Gebiete ("Reich Commissariat for the Occupied Norwegian Territories") which is governed by Reichskommissar (Reich Commissar) Josef Terboven and General Franz Böhme Commander of German military forces in Norway meet with General Claude Auchinleck Commander of the Anglo-French ground forces in Norway and Commander-in-chief of the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces Otto Ruge who inform them that as under the agreement of the Peace Treaty of Brussels all 100,000 German troops have to be out of German occupied Norway by the end of July, and that all French-British-Polish-Norwegians forces present in Norway will not intervene with the German withdrawal.

Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy in the Netherlands orders his command staff (most come from the Taskforce from 2017) to begin planning the Netherlands contribution to the upcoming British-French-Netherlands force which will be deployed in West Poland in order to support the returning Polish government and to prevent the Soviet Union from invading West Poland now the Germans under the Peace Treaty of Brussels will withdraw and hand back the Polish territory they invaded on September 1st 1939 back to a Polish people.

The Reichsbevollmächtigter Cecil von Renthe-Fink is ask by Prime Minister of Denmark Thorvald Stauning that while the kingdom of Denmark did not sign the Peace Treaty of Brussels due the Germans before the death of Adolf Hitler on May 19th 1940 made it clear that they would respect Danish sovereignty and territorial integrity and such the country was never at war with Germany despite having surrender to Germany after they had invaded Denmark on April 9th 1940 they request that all German forces depart the country at the soonest opportunity. When Reichsbevollmächtigter informs the prime minster that the Provisional Government of Germany has requested him to ask if Denmark will allow German troops coming back Norway to pass through the country, the prime minster agrees but only if the Germans follow pre select routes which will be guarded by the Royal Danish Army and monitored by British and French officials who will observe that Germany withdraws its forces as agreed under the Peace Treaty of Brussels.

May 27th 1940

The Provisional Government of Germany governed by the Council for a Democratic Germany (Rat für ein demokratisches Deutschland) publish their official list of some of the minsters who will govern the Third Reich until the first free and fair election since 1932 can be held, some of the people on this list are: President of Germany (Regent/Reichsverweser) and chairman of the Council for a Democratic Germany: Dr. Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Reichs Chancellor Ludwig Beck ,Vice-Reichs Chancellor Wilhelm Leuschner , Secretary of State Ulrich Wilhelm Graf von Schwerin von Schwanenfeld , State Secretary to the Chancellor Count Peter Yorck von Wartenburg , Minister of Foreign Affairs: Ulrich von Hassell and Minister of Interior: Ludwig Schwamb.

The first British units belonging to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France begin embarking transport ships for their journey back towards the United Kingdom now that the BEF presence in the French Republic is no longer required.

A British and French naval officer are assigned by their governments to act as what is called by Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy in the Netherlands the Polish Planning Staff which is working on the Netherlands contribution to the upcoming British-French-Netherlands force which will be deployed in West Poland.

The IJsselmeer squadron (consisting of Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessel HNLMS Holland, Z-class torpedo boats HNLMS Z-3 and Z-5, Brinio class gunboats HNLMS Brinio and HNLMS Friso ) and the North Sea Squadron (consisting of Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessel HNLMS Friesland, HNLMS Flores and sloop HNLMS Johan Maurits van Nassau ) are disbanded.

May 28th 1940

The Netherlands government orders 36 Fokker D.XXI single-engine fighters who will join the already 36 Fokker D.XXIs already in uses with the Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade.

The Royal Netherlands 2nd (future) Marine Battalion previous deployed at the Grebbe Line and Peel-Raam Line is ordered back to Netherlands naval base of Den Helder where it will prepare as the main Netherlands contribution to the upcoming British-French-Netherlands force which will be deployed in West Poland.

As agreed under the Peace Treaty of Brussels the first German military forces previous deployed in Norway arrive by ferry in the Danish town of Hirtshals where observed by British and French officials and escorted by the Royal Danish Army they will move through Denmark to Germany.

May 29th 1940

Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessel, HNLMS Friesland departs Naval base Den Helder to begin a two week patrol in the North Sea.

A Netherlands inspection team belonging to the Royal Netherlands Army arrives in the United Kingdom to inspect 24 of a total 96 Infantry Tank Mark IIs which are to be shipped to the Netherlands. The 24 Infantry Tank Mark IIs are part of a payment of research material belonging to the 2017 Taskforce which the United Kingdom received who in return paid the Netherlands with military hardware both in order to strengthen the Royal Neterlands Army and in the hopes that they will receive more research material.

The Royal British Army 5th Battalion, the Loyal Regiment part of the 20th Independent Infantry Brigade previous deployed at the Grebbe Line and Peel-Raam Line begins boarding transport ships which will take them back to the United Kingdom.

May 30th 1940

The GVH (GVH is short for Groep Helicpoters) is establish at Maritiem Vliegkamp De Kooy (Dutch: Maritime Aviation Site De Kooy) and will be the home base for the nine helicopters (five NH90: Frigate Helicopters and four NH90: Tactical Transport Helicopters) which were part of the 2017 Taskforce.

The British-French-Netherlands force which is to be sent to West Poland in order to support the returning Polish government and to prevent the Soviet Union from invading West Poland is renamed as the Poland Stabilization Force or PSF for short.

May 31st 1940

The first meeting between United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, George A. Gordon and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens happens. During their one hour meeting the Minister conforms the rumors that a Taskforce from the future arrived almost twenty-nine days ago and a that the Netherlands in the upcoming weeks is planning to send one or two naval ships who were formally part of the 2017 Taskforce towards the Netherlands East Indies to bolster the Royal Netherlands Navy presence there.

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of the United Kingdom informs Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile Władysław Sikorski that the British and French governments have decided that there will be a referendum held in the Free City of Danzig which will have two choices which are to become a independent country ore to become part of Germany ore Poland.

A Netherlands transport ship departs the port of Harwich with onboard 24 Infantry Tank Mark IIs who will form the 1st tank squadron, Lichte Divisie -Royal Netherlands Army.

June 1st 1940

A Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade, MQ-9 Reapers unmanned aerial vehicle flying over the North Sea spots the Scharnhorst class battleships, KMS Gneisenau and KMS Scharnhorst and their escort leaving Naval Base Wilhelmshaven.

German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ulrich von Hassell, member of the Provisional Government of Germany and the Council for a Democratic Germany (Rat für ein demokratisches Deutschland) is given a letter signed by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Paul Reynaud of France that a referendum will be held in the Free City of Danzig to decide its future.

The Netherlands transport ship with onboard 24 Infantry Tank Mark IIs arrives in the port of Rotterdam where it will unload it cargo who will then be transported to the city of Amersfoort where also the Depot Squadron Armored Cars is located and where the 1st tank squadron, Lichte Divisie will be formed as the training tank squadron for the Royal Netherlands Army.

June 2nd 1940

Lieutenant general H.A.C. Fabius head of the Generale Staf sectie III or for short GS III (GS III is the main central intelligence agency and is divided into three sections which are: GS IIIA-foreign intelligence, GS IIIB-internal intelligence and GS IIIC-counter espionage) has his first meeting with the newest section head who is to run GS IIID-future intelligence and who was an naval officer in Rear Admiral Willem de Fries general staff onboard the De Zeven Provinciën class frigate, HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën where he represented the Military Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands.

June 3rd 1940

Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessel, HNLMS Friesland rendezvous with a British taskforce made up of aircraft carriers, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Glorious and their escort who are patrolling the coast of Norway.

French Army, Colonel Charles de Gaulle is made military attaché attached to the French embassy in the Netherlands. This is mostly due Prime Minister Paul Reynaud of France having heard what the future of this colonel was to be and as a result has given him a new post somewhere out of France but still important enough that Colonel de Gaulle is not going to complain too much to those who want to listen to him.

The Polish 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade begins boarding several transports ships in the French port of Le Harve who will bring them to the Netherlands Naval base Den Helder where they will join the Free Polish Navy (destroyers ORP Błyskawica, ORP Grom, and ORP Burza) and the Royal British and Netherlands Navy’s who together with the Royal Netherlands 2nd (future) Marine Battalion (onboard the Amphibious Transport Ship, HNLMS Rotterdam) will then head towards the German occupied Polish city of Gdynia where the2nd (future) Marine Battalion will establish the first presence of the British-French-Netherlands force ( Poland Stabilization Force) in the Polish Republic while the Polish 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade will move towards Warsaw to establish the first polish armed presence in the country sins the fall of Poland on October 6th 1939.

June 4th 1940

The Polish underground army or also known as the Union of Armed Struggle commanders Stefan Rowecki ( in charge of areas under German occupation ) and General Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz ( in charge of areas under Soviet occupation ) meet in a undisclosed location somewhere in German occupied Poland where they meet with a staff member of Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile Władysław Sikorski who informs them that the Polish Government in Exile wants them to focus their attention towards freeing Eastern Poland from the Soviets and that all armed resistance in West Poland will stop as the Germans are beginning their redraw back into Germany.

June 5th 1940

Netherlands Prime Minister Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy signs the order for the Royal Netherlands Navy to end any design work on Project 1047 (a class of Dutch battlecruisers).

The Netherlands-Polish-British taskforce carrying the Royal Netherlands 2nd (future) Marine Battalion and the Polish 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade depart the Netherlands Naval base Den Helder for the German occupied Polish city of Gdynia where it will form the first presence of the British-French-Netherlands force (Poland Stabilization Force) in the Polish Republic.

June 6th 1940

Generale Staf sectie IIID- future intelligence (part of GS III, the main Netherlands central intelligence agency) head lieutenant commander Klaus Molen meets with Major General Sir Stewart Graham Menzies head of MI6 (British Secret Intelligence Service) in London where the they discuss ways to improve corporation between the two countries, in this meeting lieutenant commander Klaus Molen also brief Major General Sir Stewart Graham Menzies regarding the Cambridge Four.

Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessel, HNLMS Friesland which is still patrolling the coast of Norway together with the British taskforce made up of aircraft carriers, HMS Ark Royal, HMS Glorious and their escort rescues using its NH90: Frigate Helicopter two British pilot flying a Blackburn Skua dive bomber /fighter who due a malfunction where unable to land on HMS Ark Royal and forced to ditch their plane in the ice cold waters.

A British transport ship departs the port of Harwich with onboard 24 Infantry Tank Mark IIs, the second shipment of Infantry Tank Mark IIs which are to be shipped to the Netherlands.

June 7th 1940

President Antanas Smetona of Lithuania meets with Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov in the Lithuania capital of Vilnius where President Antanas Smetona informs foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov that the Soviet-Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Treaty is now outdated now the treat of attack by Germany with its change in government is no longer there and that he hopes that the 20,000 Soviet soldiers station in the country can be reduced to a symbolic level, he also assurances that Lithuania will continue to honored the mutual assistance pact ( he knows what will happen if he breaks that ) In responds foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov informs President Antanas Smetona that he will inform prime minster of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin about the Lithuania request of reducing the Soviet troop presence in the country.

King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav flying onboard a British RAF transport plane from the city of Tromsø back to Oslo which he was forced to leave on April 9th 1940.

The British transport ship with onboard the second batch of 24 Infantry Tank Mark IIs arrives in the port of Rotterdam where it unloads it cargo. After the tanks have been unloaded they will be transported to the city of Amersfoort where they will form the 2nd tank squadron, Lichte Divisie, Royal Netherlands Army.

June 8th 1940

Prime minster of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin informs Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov who has flown back to Moscow after his meeting with President Smetona in the Lithuania capital that the Soviet Union has no intention to reduce the troop level in Lithuania and that if Lithuania is not carful in what it says or does he even might decide to invade the country as he considers the request by President Smetona a direct violation of the mutual assistance pact which states that the Soviet Union can station up to 20,000 of their troops in the country.

The French Foreign Legion, 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade and the Polish Independent Highland Brigade who with the Germans are leaving Norway as agreed under the Peace Treaty of Brussels and who are still garrisoned at the Norwegian city of Narvik begins boarding British transport ships who will take them towards the German occupied Polish city of Gdynia where they after having disembarked will move to the city of Poznań where they will be based out of.

The second Fokker T.IX twin-engine bomber prototype takes off for its first test flight from Schiphol. The T.IX is designed and built by Fokker for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force as a replacement for their obsolete Martin-built bombers and the Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade who sees it as a replacement for 16 Fokker T.V twin-engine bombers currently in service with the Royal Netherlands Army Aviation Brigade.

June 9th 1940

Major General Sir Stewart Graham Menzies head of MI6 (British Secret Intelligence Service) orders his staff to begin an investigation into the possibility that the information provided by the Generale Staf sectie IIID- future intelligence concurring Kim Philby, Donald Duart Maclean, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt or also know as the Cambridge Four could be Soviet spies.

New Orleans-class heavy cruiser USS Vincennes and destroyers Truxtun-class destroyer USS Truxton and Clemson-class destroyer USS Simpson arrive at the French naval base of Toulon for a friendly port call.

Two day after his meeting with the Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov the president of Lithuania meets in secret with President of Estonia Konstantin Päts and President of Latvia Kārlis Ulmanis in the Estonia capital of Tallinn where they discuss the Soviet Union presences in their countries (25,000 Soviet soldiers in Estonia, 30,000 in Latvia and 20,000 in Lithuania) where they came to the conclusion that the only way to keep their countries independent is to get help from the French and United kingdom, during their talks they also disuse the idea of creating a Baltic military alliance in order to stand united against any possible Soviet invasion of their countries.

Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessel, HNLMS Friesland arrives in the recently liberated Norwegian capitol of Oslo for a port call.

June 10th 1940

American President Franklin Roosevelt gives a speech at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. In the speech he says that the United States will support the forces of freedom in Europe when needed and urges the Soviet Union to return the Polish territory they sized in 1939 back to the Polish Republic.

The Holland class Offshore Patrol Vessel, HNLMS Friesland which is laying in the Oslo is visited by the King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the recently returned Netherlands ambassador to Norway.

The Netherlands-Polish-British taskforce carrying the Royal Netherlands 2nd (future) Marine Battalion and the Polish 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade after a slow five day journey arrive at the German occupied Polish city of Danzig where it will form the first presence of the British-French-Netherlands force (Poland Stabilization Force) in the Polish Republic.

President of Estonia Konstantin Päts meets with the British ambassador to Estonia where he request in the name of three Baltic countries for protection against the Soviet Union despite the three countries having singed mutual assistance treaty with the Soviet Union at a time they feared against possible attacks by Nazi Germany which now due the change of government in Germany is no longer something they have to fear off.

June 11th 1940

The Norwegian Sleipner-class destroyer HNoMS Odin is re-commissioned into the Royal Norwegian Navy after having been captured and pressed into Kriegsmarine a month ago.

The first Fokker T.IX twin-engine bomber prototype which was damaged when it collided with a hangar door on March 8th of this year after three months of repairing takes off on its 51st test flight from Schiphol (there are two Fokker T.IX twin-engine bomber prototype flying with a third and fourth under construction and who when completed will be tested by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force).

French Army, Colonel Charles de Gaulle in his function as the military attaché attached to the French embassy in the Netherlands visit the 1st tank squadron, Lichte Divisie, Royal Netherlands Army during one of their training session where British Army instructors are teaching Netherlands soldiers and officers how to operate and work with the 24 Infantry Tank Mark IIs which form the 1st tank squadron.

The British government and the Provisional Government of Germany come to an agreement that the German auxiliary cruiser Orion which sins the end of the Seven months’ war on May 25th has been at anchored near Campbell Island, New Zealand is to be allowed to enter a New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy naval base where it will be disarmed and then allowed to travel back towards Germany.

In the still German occupied Polish city of Gdynia the commander of the Royal Netherlands 2nd (future) Marine Battalion and brigadier-general Stanisław Maczek commander of the Polish 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade meet the Regierungspräsidenten of the Reichsgau Danzig-Westpreussen (the restored Prussian Province of West Prussia) Fritz Hermann, German commander of the military garrison in Danzig and the mayor of the city Georg Lippke where the Netherlands commander informs the Germans that the Royal Netherlands 2nd (future) Marine Battalion will assume the role as garrison of the city until a referendum has been held which will decide if the Free City of Danzig becomes an independent country or become part of Germany or Poland. The Netherlands commander also informs the German officials that due the port of Danzig being the disembarkation of the British-French-Netherlands force (Poland Stabilization Force) for security reasons and in order to avoid confrontation with Polish forces returning home all German forces presented in the city will requested to leave the city.

Prime minster of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin is informed by Minister of Internal Affairs Beria that the NKVD has received reports that the presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have meth each other and that rumors are being circulated that they have asked the United Kingdom for assistance in ending the mutual assistance treaty they have with the Soviet Union now Germany is no longer a threat. The same evening Stalin orders that the Red Army's Leningrad Military District to implement a total land, sea and air blockade of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by June 13th.

June 12th 1940

The Polish 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade after a full day of unloading at the now Netherland-Polish controlled city of Gdynia ( the brigade consist of one tank battalion equipped with 12 Renault FT light tanks and 24 Hotchkiss H35 light tanks, two motorized cavalry squadrons, one anti-tank battery and one anti-aircraft battery ) together with the 23rd infantry Company which is equipped ( part of the Royal Netherlands 2nd (future) Marine Battalion ) with the BvS 10 All Terrain Armored Vehicles begins their journey to Warsaw where the 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade is to establish the first Polish army presence in the Polish capitol sins the end of the Polish Campaign.

Siam and Japan sign a non-aggression pact.

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in a meeting with several members of his cabinet informs them that he has bowel cancer and will resign as prime minster in order to seek treatment in the Netherlands by doctors who are part of the Netherlands 2017 taskforce and that he will advise the King to have Lord Halifax to be the next prime minster who will lead a caretaker cabinet (replaces the current war cabinet) until the time that new elections can happen.

Soviet Army units begin to move to their positions near the Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania borders with the Soviet Union while the Soviet Baltic Fleet begins to have its warships move in to position so they can begin the total land, sea and air blockade of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania which will go into effect on June 13th.

Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov sends a diplomatic note to the governments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in which it reads that due the three governments having conspired against the Soviet Union and violating the mutual assistance treaty they signed, the Soviet Union feels that new governments that are capable of adhering to the mutual assistance pact must be formed and that unspecified but "sufficiently large" number of Soviet troops are to be allowed to enter Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania territories. The note also reads that as of June 13th a total land, sea and air blockade will be in effect as long as the three Baltic countries have not fulfilled the two conditions.

Royal Navy's New Zealand Division, Leander-class light cruiser, HMS Achilles departs Devonport Naval Base, Auckland for here link up with the German auxiliary cruiser Orion which is at anchored near Campbell Island, New Zealand where the cruiser will then escort the Orion to Devonport Naval Base, for disarmament after which the German naval ship will be allowed to begin its journey back home.

Rear Admiral Willem de Fries Commander of the Navy suggest to Prime Minister Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy that the establishment of a research and development organization which will be responsible for research and development, purchase and selling of designs and technology to other countries might be a good idea as it will allow the Netherlands to sell information from the future just like the deal they made with the United Kingdom to other countries in return for military hardware or payments related to the transferred designs or technology.