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Many Dutch and Indonesians then emigrated or returned to the Netherlands. World War II left many lasting effects on Dutch society. On 4 May, the Dutch commemorate those who died during the war, and all wars since. Among the living, there are many who still bear the emotional scars of the war from both the first and the second generation.
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.
He wrote a six-volume history of the Dutch-speaking peoples. [138] The Nazis imprisoned him in World War II. In his political views, Geyl adopted the views of the 17th-century Dutch Louvestein faction, led by Johan van Oldenbarneveldt and Johan de Witt. It stood for liberty, toleration, and national interests in contrast to the Orange ...
The Dutch colonial empire (Dutch: Nederlandse koloniale rijk) comprised overseas territories and trading posts under some form of Dutch control from the early 17th to late 20th centuries, including those initially administered by Dutch chartered companies—primarily the Dutch East India Company (1602–1799) and Dutch West India Company (1621–1792)—and subsequently governed by the Dutch ...
Almost all of this was returned to West Germany in 1963 after Germany paid the Netherlands 280 million German marks. [1] Many Germans living in the Netherlands were declared "enemy subjects" after World War II ended and put into an internment camp in an operation called Black Tulip. A total of 3,691 Germans were ultimately deported.
Dutch Empire: Nias: Victory: Dutch intervention in Bali (1858) Dutch Empire: Buleleng rebels Victory: Second Bone War (1859–1860) Dutch Empire: Sulawesian militia Victory: Banjarmasin War (1859–1863) Dutch Empire: Sultanate of Banjarmasin: Victory: Shimonoseki Campaign (1863–1864) Dutch Empire British Empire French Empire United States ...
The Dutch East India Company set up a trading post at Lauweck in 1620, but the trade there proved disappointing, and just two years later the company shut the post down. A new Lawec trading post was opened in 1636, and then sold to the British in 1651, with discontinuities corresponding to the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the era.
The Netherlands, as a nation state, dates to 1568, [1] when the Dutch Revolt created the Dutch Empire.Previously, the Germanic tribes had no written language during the ancient and early medieval periods, so what we know about their early military history comes from accounts written in Latin and from archaeology.