government-in-exile

Noun

Meaning

a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

government in exile

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Examples

Although these were Terboven's decisions, Quisling agreed with them and went on to denounce the government-in-exile as "traitors". Source: Internet

A number of additional examples from World War II show how assassination was used as a tool: *The assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague on 27 May 1942 by the British and Czechoslovak government-in-exile. Source: Internet

The Allies did not like Leopold's repudiation of the treaties concluded by the Belgian government-in-exile in London. Source: Internet

He has led his people for over fifty years as the head of the government-in-exile and spiritual leader of Tibet. Source: Internet

Karski travelled throughout Poland and wartime Europe as a courier of the Polish government-in-exile providing some of the earliest reporting about the Warsaw Ghetto and the Holocaust. Source: Internet

Historians say the Polish government-in-exile did little to aid Poland’s Jews and that the Polish resistance, though it fought the Germans, “not only failed to help Jews, but was also not infrequently actively involved in persecuting them.” Source: Internet

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