What did the Dutch Navy do in World War Two? | Netherlands Royal Fleet 1940-1945

[Your Old Comrade]

The Dutch Navy played a role both in the defence of the Netherlands against the German Invasion on the 10th of May 1940, and against the Japanese assaults in the Pacific from 1942 onwards. In this video I look at the Dutch Navy in the Second World War, from the battles on the Maasbruggen in Rotterdam with the marines, to those that made it to join the Royal Navy to take part in the evacuation at Dunkirk and the landings at D-Day, to the battles of the ABDA fleet against the Japanese at the Java Sea.

The Netherlands was invaded by Germany in the Second World War, its fleet largely escaping to Britain to continue the fight there. Another Dutch fleet was stationed in the Dutch East Indies (today Indonesia), which prepared to defend Allied possessions in Asia from the Japanese. Part of this fleet consisted of 15 submarines, commanded by Conrad Helfrich, who would soon earn the moniker "ship-a-day" as in December of 1941 the force of Dutch submariners would sink more Japanese ships than the American, British, and Australian navies combined. This is the story of the Dutch submarine fleet in the Second World War in the Pacific.

Sources Used:
General:
https://archive.is/20121205182220/htt...
http://www.avalanchepress.com/DutchSu...
https://archive.navalsubleague.org/19...
https://naval-encyclopedia.com/ww2/ne...

O-16:
https://magazines.defensie.nl/allehen...

KXVII:
http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/...

[Your Old Comrade]

The Netherlands' contribution to the Second World War is sometimes overshadowed. In reality, the Dutch fought hard, especially the Dutch Royal Navy, and especially in the Pacific.