Operation Market Garden is coming up. A little background on the situation from WWI. I did not know that Holland remained neutral in WWI. There was a little animosity with England then from the Boer Wars. The Kaiser retired to Holland and the dutch wouldn’t give him up. Quite the contrast with WWII.
http://pictureshistory.blogspot.com/2009/12/neutral-netherlands-holland-during-ww1.html
More background; in World War 1, Holland was a bit “leaky” in regard to the blockade. The Germans tried to route imports through Dutch ports. The Brits caught on very quickly, and extended a “quarantine” on Holland. Even though she was neutral, the British determined how much they “needed” in terms of imports, and seized as contraband anything over that.
No wonder they gave the Kaiser sanctuary. On the other hand, in World War 2, you would think the Germans would have maintained the same neutrality, but I guess not.