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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.
Allied countries that entered the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Light green diamonds represent countries that later in the war changed from the Axis to the Allies Axis Powers ( Nazi Germany , Fascist Italy , and Empire of Japan ), their allies and their colonies.
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.
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 ...
All maps by Alphathon and based upon Blank map of Europe.svg unless otherwise stated. Deutsch: Diese Karte ist Teil einer Serie historischer politischer Europakarten. Solange nicht anders angegeben, wurden alle Karten durch Alphathon auf Basis von Blank map of Europe.svg erstellt, sofern nicht anders angegeben.
The British Empire in World War II. Academic.edu. Owino, Meshack. "Kenya and the Second World War: A review of the historiographical landscape." History Compass 19.3 (2021): e12649. Raghavan, Srinath. India's War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia (2016) Stewart, Andrew (2008). Empire Lost: Britain, the Dominions and the Second ...
2 May: First food transports to the famine-stricken provinces by road, via Rhenen. [6] 2–3 May: Seyss-Inquart departs for Flensburg for discussions with Dönitz. [6] 4 May: Montgomery accepts the capitulation of the 'Wehrmacht' in Northwest Europe, including the Netherlands. [6]
History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes. Available online for downloading; online volumes; The standard highly detailed full coverage of operations. Haswell, Jock, and John Lewis-Stempel. A Brief History of the British Army (2017). Higham, John, ed.