Dutch East Indies DuringWorld War IIthe entire DutchEast Indies, excepting a part of southern Netherlands New Guinea, was occupied by Japan. The years 1945–49 formed a transition period in which the Netherlands unsuccessfully tried to regain control of the islands. The islands achieved independence...
The Dutch East Indies. By Amry Vandenbosch. pp. xii + 446, with map. University California Press, U.S.A., and Cambridge University Press, England. 2nd edition, 1941. 24s 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 42 作者: JS Furnivall 摘要: http://journals.cambridge.org/cover_images/...
(present-dayNetherlands) in 1602 to protect that state’s trade in theIndian Oceanand to assist in theDutch war of independencefromSpain. The companyprosperedthrough most of the 17th century as the instrument of the powerfulDutchcommercial empire in theEast Indies(present-dayIndonesia). It was ...
ww2dbaseOne group of the Western Force landed at Bantam Bay near Merak at 2320 on 28 Feb. Captain F. A. M. Harterink's Royal Dutch Indies Army 12th Infantry Battalion raked the beach with machine gun fire, but the overwhelming invasion force quickly wiped aside the resistance. Landing oper...
It is to be noticed that all this extent of country falls within the line of demarcation of the Dutch East India Company, if we are to believe their maps, and that this motive of interest has perhaps made them give a false position to New Zealand, lest it should fall within the line ...
(1933-1940) 6 Purchased Soviet Union (1940-1941) 6 Captured Kingdom of the Netherlands (1934-1940) 12 Purchased German Reich (1940-1945) 12 Captured The Swedish Landsverk series of armored cars from the Interwar period were a successful export venture, with sales predominantly being made to ...
[Map] Map showing Japanese offensives in the Dutch East Indies, Dec 1941-Apr 1942 | World War II Database
After the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) established in the 18 th century and proclaimed itself as a sovereign landlord over the East Indies (Indonesia), the role of indigenous law (adat law) and its rights to lands have diminished by a new form of law namely the European law system (the...
- Van Hoëvell asked for a voluntary discharge because he had been branded as 'suspect' in the Dutch East Indies. He wrote a pamphlet dealing with these events, but also based one of his novellas on them. It is called 'The Suspects', written in 1858, and was included in his vo...
This is what makes me attracted to the First Day Covers. There is a story and there is so much more to learn. Will post a couple more on Monday. Have a great weekend. Collecting all postal covers and First Day Covers worldwide Top Sargon...