During the Second World War, the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade, later known as the Princess Irene Brigade was a Dutch military unit initially formed from approximately 1,500 troops, inc
Princess Irene Brigade in South Holland on 8 May 1945
A Loyd Carrier of the Prinses Irene Brigade, in September 1944.
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The Netherlands Marine Corps is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy, one of the four Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The marines trace their origins to the est
Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade
…van Steveninck, said goodbye to the three platoons of Marines; these subsequently formed II Independent Company and were sent to the US to join the Royal Netherlands Marines Brigade, who had originally assigned these troops to the P.I.B. so the brigade would have enough troops participating in the liberation of Europe, as requested…
The raid on the Medway, the first action of the Dutch marines in 1667.
Marine Corps monument in Rotterdam.
Marine conscript aiming down the sights of Carl Gustaf anti-tank weapon during NATO exercise Northern Wedding in 1978.
Marines on patrol during the multi-day Operation Ghat Mahay in the vicinity of Kakarak, Uruzgan in 2009.