In may 1940 germany invaded the netherlands as part of case gelb. The dutch army was forced to surender after 5 days of fighting. At wich point the nsb was prompt to declare the queen and her goverment who had fled to londen day's before traitor's. My question is why would a nationalist/fasist orgnisation suport invaders who killed dutch troops over their own goverment and country?(Sorry for the bad english its not my native language. =D)
edit: the title should say ocupation not invasion.
The position of the NSB (Dutch national-Socialist party) in regards to the German invasion was twofold. On one hand Anton Mussert (the leader of the NSB) welcomed the invasion, as he hoped that Hitler would install him as the leader of the Dutch territories but on the other hand he could not be seen as openly welcoming the German forces.
Mussert was contacted by the Abwehr (German military intelligence) in december 1939, in order to ascertain what the NSB would do in case of an invasion. Mussert stated that the NSB would not 'stab Holland in the back' by demanding the party members to desert in case of an invasion. The Abwehr concluded after the invasion of Norway, where National Socialist Quisling had actively supported the German invaders, that Mussert ‘must be able to pose as [the nation’s] “saviour in time of need” ’, not appear to have betrayed it to the enemy.'
When the invasion begun, however the NSB members were seen as enemies and several were incarcerated. Mussert tried his best to dispell this, even ousting some party members who had assisted in the invasion. This didn't convince the Dutch populace, though, and NSB members were largely shunned and seen as traitors.
Denouncing the fleeing cabinet members and the queen as traitors was in line with Musserts ambition to be named the Reichskommissar for The Netherlands. Mussert hoped him and his party would be installed as the new governement. But for all his efforts he got few results. Arthur Seyss-Inquart was to be the Reichskommissar and Mussert wasn't even invited to his inaugural adress. Even though the NSB grew during the German occupartion, the party never got enough goodwill under the populace to be considered useful by the Germans (in terms of governement, they were seen as a good recruiting platform for the SS). Mussert was seen as too much a Nationalist, not enough National Socialist by the Germans.
Mussert, at his post-war trial, maintained that he had always intended to act as a guadrian of the Dutch values under the Nazi opression and that him remaining as the last Dutch politician to stand between the populace and the oppresive German regime. He did try his best to have The Netherlands remain 'independent' (this meant 'not annexed' ,with an own governement) but he had to bow down to many German demands only to have a 'shadow cabinet' with no formal authority.
So: you see that Musserts position was rather twofold. He wanted to gain power under the German rule, but he also wanted to be seen as a 'saviour of the Dutch people'. Things never really turned out the way he wanted, though and he became a sockpuppet for the Germans even though he tried really hard.
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