Petrus Johannes Mathias "Peter" van Uhm is a retired Royal Netherlands Army general. He served as Chief of Defence of the Armed forces of the Netherlands from 17 April 2008 until 28 June 2012. He previously served as the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army from 5 September 2005 until 13 March 2008.
Peter van Uhm in 2008
Dutch (SFOR)* and NATO (SFOR)** medals for Peace Keeping Operations in the former Yugoslavia
The Royal Netherlands Army is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. Though the Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814, its origins date back to 1572, when the Staatse Leger was raised making the Dutch standing army one of the oldest in the world. It fought in the Napoleonic Wars, World War II, the Indonesian War of Independence and the Korean War, as well as served with NATO on the Cold War frontiers in West Germany from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Maurice of Orange as portrayed by Michiel van Mierevelt, between c. 1613–1620.
William II of the Netherlands at the Battle of Quatre Bras.
Soldiers on guard in the inundated area of the Dutch Water Line during the mobilisiation of the army in 1939.
Soldiers of the 15th Infantry Regiment advancing on East-Java in 1948, the Bren-gunner adjusts his sights.
