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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 invaded the Netherlands, aiming to dominate Europe. The country was fully occupied by 17 May.
The National War and Resistance Museum of the Netherlands focuses on the Dutch experience of war and German occupation between 1940 and 1945. The Marshall Museum holds a collection of armoured vehicles, weaponry and aircraft from the Second World War, much of it left on the Overloon battlefield and focuses on the battle of Overloon and other ...
German tanks enter the Netherlands. Even before the armoured train arrived, the Dutch 3rd Army Corps had already been planned to be withdrawn from behind the Peel-Raam Position, taking with it all the artillery apart from 36 8 Staal pieces. Each of its six regiments was to leave a battalion behind to serve as a covering force, together with ...
The Netherlands entered World War II on May 10, 1940, when invading German forces quickly overran the country. [1] On December 7, 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Netherlands government in exile also declared war on Japan.
A German Panther tank, a veteran of the battle of Overloon, on exhibition. The Overloon War Museum (Dutch: Oorlogsmuseum Overloon) is located in Overloon, Netherlands.. The museum was opened on May 25, 1946 as the National War and Resistance Museum, making it one of the oldest museums in Europe dedicated to the Second World War.
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 tanks are part of the 4th company of the German-Dutch 414 Tank Battalion, which is part of the Dutch 43rd Mechanised Brigade and are leased from Germany. The 18 tanks have been modernised and are equipped with Dutch communications and information systems. These modifications enable digital communications with Dutch units. [31]
Vickers amphibious tank M1931 (29 tanks purchased from GB) British 12-ton tank (type unclear – likely Vickers Medium Mark II, possibly Cruiser Mk I, or remotely Matilda I) T26 (88 provided by Soviets in 1938) BT-5 (4 provided by Soviets in 1938) Marmon-Herrington CTLS (few diverted from Dutch after the fall of Java) AMR 35; T-34 (supplied ...