Nationaal Militair Museum 2015 – Nazi propaganda poster for working in Germany

While the Netherlands and Britain fought wars over the control over the seas and the colonies, since Napoleon Dutch diplomacy turned increasingly towards Britain to protect the Netherlands against French and German plans to control the entire continent. The Nazis tried to wean the Dutch off this British influence. On this poster some British wrongdoings against the Dutch are listed as a bill:
1652–1654 First English War
1665–1667 Second English War
1672–1674 Third English War
1780–1784 Fourth English War
1802 Robbery of Ceylon
1806 Theft of the Cape
1899 Usurpation of the Transvaal
1942–1944 Bombings of Dutch residential areas
1944 Shootings of civilians and trains

After the Second World War Dutch diplomacy became “Atlantic”, i.e. turned towards the USA, to protect against the French-German axis and the Soviet Union.

The Dutch National Military Museum was opened in 2014. It is the combination of the old Army Museum and the old Militairy Aviation Museum. *** Faut le voyage if you like army stuff.