Conscription in the Netherlands was first employed in 1810 by French occupying forces. Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte, who was King of Holland from 1806 to 1810, had tried to introduce conscriptio
Dutch conscripts practice throwing hand grenades, 1985
Caricature 1780 press gang
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The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc. It b
Remains of the "Iron Curtain" in the Czech Republic, 2014
American C-47s unloading at the Berlin Tempelhof Airport during the Berlin Blockade
President Truman signs the North Atlantic Treaty with guests in the Oval Office
Generals Adolf Heusinger and Hans Speidel sworn into the newly founded Bundeswehr by Theodor Blank in November 1955