War over Holland
May 1940: The Dutch struggle
1.
Welcome
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War Over Holland - the Book
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2.
An Introduction
General information
Dutch army strategy and armament in WWII
Dutch army unit organisation
German strategy 10 May 1940
Field of Honour
Putting things into perspective
Holland: 1813-1914
Holland: 1914-1918
Holland: 1918-1940
Holland: The army and the interbellum
Rearmament
On the eve of war
Aftermath
The typicals of the Dutch Five Days War...
The French
Famous last words
German and Allied airforces
Registered Allied/German aircraft losses over Holland
British and French Airforce operations over Holland 10-17 May
Dutch armament
Military airplanes
Artillery
Infantry weapons
Miscellaneous
German armament
German tanks and armoured cars
Armament comparison
Miscellaneous
Movie about the German invasion of Holland
DVD 'The Attack'
3.
10 May
Invasion
Part I: The actions along the Maas-front
The Maas-Waal canal line
Maas from Mook to Roermond
Maas-front in Limburg
Maastricht
Part II: The Peel-Raamline
The battle at Mill
The engagements at Meijel and Weert
Part III: Defences in the north
Fortress Den Helder
Groningen
Drenthe
The Ysselline
The airlanding operation
Part IV: The German air-landing plan
Moerdijk
The bridges at Dordrecht
Waalhaven and the Island of Ysselmonde
Rotterdam
Alblasserwaard
Ypenburg
Ockenburg
Valkenburg
Schiphol
The Airforce
Analysis of one day of war
4.
11 May
Part I: The Peel-Raamline evacuated
The Zuid-Willemsvaart
West-Brabant
Part II: The central front
The French WWI trench concept
The Grebbeline at Rhenen
The Germans
The battle starts
Elsewhere in the central sector
The north
Part III: the Fortress Holland-South
Island of Dordrecht and Hoekse Waard
The Light Division at Ablasserdam
The Island of Ysselmonde
Rotterdam
Part IV: the Fortress Holland - North
The dunes north and west of The Hague
Valkenburg
Summary
5.
12 May
Part I: The south
The centre
The north
Part II: The Fortress Holland
Island of Dordrecht
Elsewhere in the Fortress Holland
The airforce
Summary
6.
13 May
Part I: The south
The Island of Dordrecht
The Island of Ysselmonde and Alblasserwaard
Rotterdam
Overschie
Part II: The Grebbeline
Scherpenzeel
The Betuwe: Ochten
The north: Afsluitdijk
The Royal Family
The airforce
Summary
7.
14 May
Part I: The south
South-front
Rotterdam
The aftermath
Part II: Overschie
Valkenburg
British forces in Hoek van Holland
The north
The centre: The Waterlinie
The airforce
The Royal Dutch Navy
Part III: Capitulation
The capitulation ceremony - 15 May
Balance
Five days of war: had it been worth the sacrifices?
8.
Zeeland
The Zeeland-defences before 0-hour
The defence-lines
Friday 10 May
Flushing harbour and the navy
The airforce bases and air-defences elsewhere in Zeeland
Allied assistance: the French arrive
Ground forces
Civil matters
The shipyard De Schelde
Saturday 11 May
French-Dutch command
Maritime events
More air-activity
Dutch ground forces
The ground forces
Sunday 12 May
The harbour is targeted again
The airforce and navy air fleet bases
The ground forces
Monday 13 May
Strategic and tactical picture
For Queen and country?
Ground forces
Airforce operations
Tuesday 14 May
Capitulation of The Netherlands
Civil authorities
The AFBs
The ground forces
The Bathline
The air battles
Wednesday 15 May
Bath- and Zanddijkline
Tholen
Schouwen-Duivenland
Other events
Thusday 16 May
The battle of Kapelle
Tholen
Schouwen-Duivenland
Other matters
Friday 17 May
Dislocation of forces
Sloedam
Flushing
Middelburg
Schouwen-Duivenland
Capitulation of Walcheren and Zuid-Beveland
Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
Air-forces
The Dutch navy
The fate of the ships of the foreign navies
Balance
The French
Preface
French complaints
The secret of good leadership
9.
Books
Books about the war in Holland
The battle for The Hague - The First Great Airborne Operation in History
May 1940 - The battle for the Netherlands - (book evaluation)
The German Fallschirmtruppe 1936-1941
War Over Holland - the Book (2023)
Military Operations in The Netherlands from 10th - 17th May, 1940
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