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The Battle of the Afsluitdijk of 12–14 May 1940 was an unsuccessful attempt by German Wehrmacht forces to seize the Afsluitdijk during the invasion of the Netherlands. German invasion plans called for a simultaneous attack on Vesting Holland from multiple directions, expecting to capture the country's capital and most important region in a ...
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 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 ...
The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations to open up the ... 89th Fortress Regiment, and 70th ... a Dutch film about the Battle of ...
17 to 20 September – Battle of Nijmegen; 17 to 26 September – Battle of Arnhem; 17 Sep: The British Second Army launches the offensive from Beeringen [3] Large Allied airborne landings in North Brabant, in the Reich of Nijmegen, and near Arnhem [3] The Dutch government orders a general railway strike [3] The Reichskommissariat is relocated ...
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.
A retractable gun turret at Fort Ében-Émael. On 10 May 1940, Germany launched Fall Gelb ("Plan Yellow"), the invasion of the Low Countries and France. By attacking through the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium, the German Oberkommando der Wehrmacht planned to outflank the Maginot Line, and advance through southern Belgium and into northern France, cutting off the British Expeditionary ...
The Kasteel and village were destroyed during the battle, with the German garrison finally capitulating a few days later after a short period of sporadic resistance. [4] By this time, the stricken 3rd Mons had in turn been relieved by 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry. [2] The Monmouths were taken out of the line until 17 December for ...