Dutch soldiers 1940-1945

Identification of killed Dutch soldiers at the Grebbeberg, May 1940.
Identification of killed Dutch soldiers at the Grebbeberg, May 1940.

During the mobilization of 1939 and early May 1940 some 280,000 soldiers professional and conscript soldiers served

6,000 of them were injured, more than 2,300 died on the battle field between 10 and 17 May 1940.

53 of them are still missing or have no known grave location.


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Philip Reinders, 2016