After the creation of the Statute of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Army was entrusted with the defence of Suriname, while the defence of the Netherlands Antilles was the respon
Suriname soldiers in Brazil
Then president Dési Bouterse, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. Situated slightly north of the equator, over 90% of
Suriname National Army
…After the creation of the Statute of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Army was entrusted with the defence of Suriname, while the defence of the Netherlands Antilles was the responsibility of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The army set up a separate Netherlands Armed Forces…
Slave auction in Paramaribo, in 1831
Javanese indentured servants in Marienbourg plantation, c. 1930