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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.
2 Nov: German resistance in and around West Zeeland-Flanders is broken. [3] 6 Nov: Liberation of Middelburg. [3] 8 Nov: An American division, part of the Canadian First Army, reaches Moerdijk. [3] 12 Nov: Assertive letter from General Kruis to prevent the arrival of ministerial 'quartermasters.' [3]
Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Rotterdam after the Blitz, German Heinkel He 111 planes during the Battle of Britain, Allied paratroopers during Operation Market Garden, American troops running through Wernberg, Germany, Siege of Bastogne, American troops landing at Omaha Beach during Operation Overlord
During World War II, 1.2 million African Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces and 708 were killed in action. 350,000 American women served in the Armed Forces during World War II and 16 were killed in action. [342] During World War II, 26,000 Japanese-Americans served in the Armed Forces and over 800 were killed in action. [343]
Korean War: 2.5–3.5 million [44] [22] 1950–1953 North Korea and allies vs. South Korea and allies Korean Peninsula Hundred Years' War: 2.3–3.5 million [45] [46] [28] 1337–1453 House of Valois vs. House of Plantagenet: Western Europe Soviet–Afghan War: 1–3 million [47] 1979–1989 Soviet Union and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ...
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. [8]
Center of the Storm: The Bombing of Dutch Harbor and the Experience of Patrol Wing Four in the Aleutians, Summer 1942. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN 1-57510-092-4. Feinberg, Leonard (1992). Where the Williwaw Blows: The Aleutian Islands – World War II. Pilgrims' Process, Inc. ISBN 0-9710609-8-3.