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Dutch Waffen-SS personnel killed in action (4 P) Pages in category "Dutch military personnel killed in World War II" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
[1] [2] The boat was one of seven Dutch submarines lost during World War II. [2] On 25 October 2011, the Dutch Ministry of Defence announced that the wreck of K XVI had been found by Australian and Singaporean recreational divers off the northern coast of Borneo. [2] In July 2024 it was reported that the wreck of K XVI had been illegally ...
HNLMS O 1, the first submarine of the Dutch navy at sea . ... List of submarines of the Second World War This page was last edited on 14 February 2024, at 16:55 ...
Dutch military personnel killed in World War II (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Dutch casualties of World War II" This category contains only the following page.
Like the defense of its mother country, the defense of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) had been hopelessly neglected; the strongest naval units available were three light cruisers (De Ruyter, Java and Tromp), though they were supported by a relatively large submarine force. The Dutch participated in the ABDACOM, a joint-command for all ...
This was the greatest loss of life in a single warship in World War II. 2,498 Navy 1944 Japan: Yoshino Maru – The Japanese troopship, sailing to Borneo in Convoy MI-11, was torpedoed and sunk 280 nautical miles (520 km) north-north west of Cape Mayraira, Luzon by USS Parche: 2,495 Military 1944 Japan
During the four-day campaign, about 2,300 Dutch soldiers were killed and 7,000 wounded, and more than 3,000 Dutch civilians also died. The Germans lost 2,200 men killed and 7,000 wounded. In addition, 1,300 German soldiers captured by the Dutch during the campaign, many around The Hague, had been shipped to Britain and remained POWs for the ...
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.