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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 ...
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. [8]
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.
When World War II erupted in September 1939, most in the Netherlands believed that the country could remain neutral, as it had in World War I.The months of "Phoney War" following the German invasion of Poland seemed to justify this attitude.
2 Sep: The mass exodus of NSB members from South Limburg begins [3]; 3 Sep: Brussels liberated [3]; Prince Bernhard appointed Commander of the Dutch Armed Forces. [3]Queen Wilhelmina, via Radio Oranje, informs the population in occupied territory that 'liberation is imminent' [3]
When the invasion of Holland took place I was recalled from leave and went on my first operation on 15 May 1940 against mainland Germany. Our target was Dortmund and on the way back we were routed via Rotterdam. The German Air Force had bombed Rotterdam the day before and it was still in flames.
Western Allied invasion of Germany (1 C, 28 P) Pages in category "Battles and operations of World War II involving the Netherlands" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
The Reichskommissariat Niederlande was the civilian occupation regime set up by Germany in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II.Its full title was the Reich Commissariat for the Occupied Dutch Territories (German: Reichskommissariat für die besetzten niederländischen Gebiete).