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De Jong's work is regarded as the most important Dutch publication on World War II, and in the series he uncovered hitherto unpublicized events from the war, such as the death by firing squad of Dutch deserter Chris Meijer , executed for desertion on 12 May 1940 after a quick court-martial—he was the only Dutch soldier to be executed by the ...
In 1806 Napoleon abolished the new republic and made his brother King of Holland. However, in 1810 Napoleon invaded the Netherlands and annexed them to France. In 1813, Allied forces drove out the French. The Dutch called back William Frederick, the son of the last stadtholder, to head the new government. He was proclaimed "sovereign prince".
A bunker of the Peel-Raam Line, built in 1939. The Dutch colonies such as the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) caused the Netherlands to be one of the top five oil producers in the world at the time and to have the world's largest aircraft factory in the Interbellum (Fokker), which aided the neutrality of the Netherlands and the success of its arms dealings in the First World War.
The Dutch army was not considered adequate even at the end of World War I, and it did not improve much during the interwar years. By the time of the German invasion in 1940, only about 166 battalions were operational for the defense of the Netherlands, and most were poorly prepared for combat.
Royal Netherlands Brigade 'Prinses Irene', Colonel A. de Ruyter van Steveninck 1st Netherlands Independence Motorised Fighting Group, Major Paessens 2nd Netherlands Independence Motorised Fighting Group, Major Molenaar
Map of the liberation of North Brabant and Dutch Zeeland (Battle of the Scheldt). This is a chronological overview of the dates at which the liberation by the Allies in World War II took place of a number of Dutch cities and towns.
List of wartime orders of battle for the British 1st Division (1809–1945) List of wartime orders of battle for the British 3rd Division (1809–1945) 6th Airborne Division order of battle; List of wartime orders of battle for the British 6th Division (1810–1941) Order of battle of the German Ninth Army, October 1941
Goldflake (1945) — Canadian 1st Corps moves from Italy to northwest Europe under command of Canadian First Army Grenade (1945) — US Ninth Army advance from the Roer (see also Veritable ) Howard (1945) — Special Air Service reconnaissance operation ahead of Canadian 4th Armoured Division advance towards Oldenburg