De Witt, who was a mathematician and statesman, had ruled his land for almost 20 years, and was a major political figure in the First Stadtholderless Period, positive trade led to the Dutch Golden Age ...

The Battle of Plymouth unfolded amidst the First Anglo-Dutch War on 16 August 1652, when General-at-Sea George Ayscue of the ...

In August 1665, the Battle of Vågen unfolded in Bergen, Norway, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. A Dutch merchant fleet, backed by unexpected Danish allies, clashed with a formidable English ...

Edited by Robert P. Swierenga, Nella Kennedy and Lisa Zylstra Since the mid-nineteenth century, the successful prosecution of American wars involved the entire population. Wars had become total, ...

AMSTERDAM — Trains came to a halt, cars pulled to the side of the road and no planes arrived or departed in the Netherlands for two minutes on Sunday, as the country went silent to remember victims of ...

One fan said they were "deeply moved by this film and unashamedly wept at the end".

The Netherlands has withdrawn its force of 1,950 soldiers from Afghanistan, signaling one of the first major withdrawals of a Western power from the country. The Dutch force constituted the NATO ...