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The following is a list of Dutch military equipment of World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that began in 1939 and ended in 1945. On 10 May 1940, Nazi Germany, which aimed to dominate Europe, invaded the Netherlands and occupied the entire country by 17 May. By 12 March 1942 the Dutch ...
The German invasion of the Netherlands (Dutch: Duitse aanval op Nederland), otherwise known as the Battle of the Netherlands (Dutch: Slag om Nederland), was a military campaign, part of Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb), the Nazi German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II. The ...
World War II naval ships of the Netherlands (7 C, 3 P) Pages in category "World War II military equipment of the Netherlands" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
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.
The Germans had made a fortress out of Broekhuizen, which was one of three slim - but important - footholds they held on the left side of the Meuse at the time. The Germans occupied the houses and cellars of the village, and also the village's Kasteel - a thick-walled medieval Manor House surrounded by a moat, situated a few hundred metres to ...
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.
United States Army in World War II. Washington, DC: Center of Military History. ISBN 978-016001-879-4. Foot, M. R. D. (2012) [1990]. Holland at War Against Hitler: Anglo-Dutch Relations 1940–1945. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-29166-1. Ford, Jack (1996). Allies in a Bind: Australia and the Netherlands East Indies in the Second World War (2nd ed ...
The Dutch grenadiers managed to recapture the airstrip and to capture many German soldiers in subsequent skirmishes. Four Dutch Fokker T.Vs bombed the Ockenburg airstrip and destroyed idle Junkers Ju 52s. The Dutch troops then followed up with an assault and forced the Germans to retreat. The Dutch still managed to capture several prisoners-of-war.