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Campaign V

A postage stamp of Norway during the occupation German dating from August 1941 on which we wrote the V for victory

Campaign V is an operation of communication launched in 1941 by former Minister Belgian Victor Laveleye from London where he was a refugee.

While he was announcer for Radio Belgium, Victor Laveleye proposed to Belgian French and Dutch, on 14 January 1941 , using the letter "V" as a rallying point: V Vrijheid ( freedom ) in Dutch , V victory in French. The success of this campaign beyond the borders of Belgium and V were smuggled graffiti throughout occupied Europe by the Nazis. Winston Churchill himself made the "V" emblem.

The resistant Franco took over this principle with the letter "P" (for "protest").