Ground crew of the Royal Dutch Naval Air Service, pushing a trolley of 1,000-lb to waiting B-25. Location: Belgium
See the clogs in this first man!!
Dutch Resistance fighters on the street during liberation, Breda, Netherlands, 1944.
The liberty has landed! Dutch children ride on a Canadian Sherman tank , Harderwijk, Netherlands, April 1945.
Arnhem, September ’44 — the bridge that proved a bridge too far. One of those moments where bold planning met hard reality, and the fighting in the Netherlands turned from hope to endurance almost overnight.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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And the Dutch looks happy! Sept 1944. Universal Carrier crew hands out chocolate to civilians during the advance of 11th Armoured Division in the Netherlands on Sept 1944.
Liberation crowd in the city of Utrecht. The dark figures behind the vehicle brandishing the machine guns are members of the Dutch underground.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
Netherlands, May 5, 1945 — liberation at last. Children climb aboard a Canadian jeep, flags waving and smiles everywhere, as war gives way to relief, gratitude… and the first real taste of peace.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
Dutch soldiers overlook the "Nieuwe Maas" in search for attacking German troops half an hour prior to the dramatic bombardment that laid the City of Rotterdam in ruins. May 1940.
Accept reality. The German invasion of the Netherlands, May 15, 1940. See the right a Cpl. of the Dutch Police who supervises the Germans crossing over the Berlage bridge in Amsterdam.
Foreground of happy Dutch children following the liberation of the Island of Walcheren, Netherlands on Nov 1944.
