A picture of the construction of the fortifications of Hellevoetsluis from 1650 onwards.

A different view of the Eighty Years' War
Battle of Nieuwpoort 1600. OK, but what happened at Nieuwpoort? And at the Siege of Leiden and Alkmaar and Haarlem? How was the Eighty Years' War actually fought? What did a soldier earn,…

Model soldiers are not toys. Their astonishing detail and historical accuracy makes their creation an exacting skill. The finest craftsmen are in great demand, producing unique and widely prized collector's items. But an expert…

Ancestor of our royal house.

Marijke Meu (aunt Marijke) is the pet name of Maria Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688-1765) by which the Frisians know their queen from the eighteenth century. Something like that says a lot about the…

Dr. Hugh Thomas, the author of this book, was a general surgeon at the British Military Hospital of Berlin from 1972-1973. In Spandau prison, he met someone known as Rudolf Hess, the man who had once been Adolf Hitler's deputy.…

Orange and the armed forces

History of the Royal Netherlands Army

A collection of photos from the Dutch East Indies by the photo-journalist of the Navy Information Service Luit. at sea 3rd cl. J.A. Stevens with letters from Ben Grevedamme.

Year: 1970

The "Klein Nederlands Soldatenboek" (previously announced as "Groot Nederlands Soldatenboek") is a compilation of texts and images about the Dutch army.

The tone is slightly ironic, the humour student-like. The…

"Builders of Strong Works", Dutch engineers in the second era of the Eighty Years' War between 1605-1648, mentioning the fortresses they worked on

On the occasion of the 12th lustrum of the Menno van Coehoorn foundation.
The publication includes essays on the forts on St. Eustatius, defenses around Utrecht, flooding and access defenses.

The Netherlands is home to many forts, fortresses, (water) lines and sometimes difficult to recognise, barely visible remains of antiquity fortifications. These defenses throughout the country mainly served as a deterrent.
The…