The Dutch Air Force during World War II

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At the outbreak of World War II, the Netherlands had a modest and obsolete air force. On May 10, 1940, the German Luftwaffe attacked the Netherlands en masse, bombing airfields such as Ypenburg, Valkenburg and Waalhaven. The Dutch air forces, equipped with Fokker D.XXI and G.I fighters, put up fierce resistance and shot down some 350 German aircraft, but were largely destroyed within five days. • After the capitulation, many Dutch pilots joined the Allies. The Royal Netherlands Military Flying School was founded in the U.S. in 1941. Dutch pilots fought with the RAF, including in 320 and 322 Squadron. In the Dutch East Indies, the ML-KNIL tried to stop the Japanese advance, but was defeated in 1942. • Toward the end of the war, Dutch pilots supported the liberation of Europe. After 1945, the air force was modernized and grew into the Royal Air Force. • • German Invasion of the Netherlands ► • The German Invasion of the Netherland... • Japanese Invasion of the Dutch East Indies ► • Why Were the Dutch so Ineffective aga... • • SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ► / historyhustler • SUPPORT ME ON PAYPAL ► https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Histo... • BUY ME A COFFEE ► https://buymeacoffee.com/historyhustle • SUBSCRIBE ► / @historyhustle • INSTAGRAM ► / historyhustle • FACEBOOK ► / historyhustler • TWITTER ► / hustlehistory • • SOURCES • – Vlucht door de tijd, 75 jaar Nederlandse luchtmacht (Kolonel A.P. de Jong). • – https://www.marsethistoria.nl/recent-... (15-02-2025). • – De jonge jaren van de luchtmacht. Het luchtwapen in het Nederlandse leger 1913-1939 (Dirk Starink). • IMAGES • Images from commons.wikimedia.org. • VIDEO • Video material from: • • Militaire luchtvaart van het KNIL • Militaire luchtvaart van het KNIL • https://euscreen.openimages.eu/media/... • VLIEGFEESTEN WEEKNUMMER382-HRE000154FB_1710000_1786960 • https://openbeelden.nl/media/1197215/... • NEDERLAND BREIDT ZIJN GARNIZOEN UIT • • UfA Tonwoche - Német Filmhíradó - Ger... • UfA Tonwoche - Német Filmhíradó - German Newsreel • Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. • MUSIC • Clenched Teeth • Crossing the Chasm • The New Order • Cambodian Odyssey • Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... • SOUNDS • Freesound.org. • E-MAIL • historyhustle[at]gmail.com

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