Marc Lohnstein

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1936-42 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Hook, Adam

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Until 1945, Indonesia was a Dutch colony known as the Netherlands East Indies. In 1930, the area had over 60 million inhabitants and was a major exporter to Japan, providing some 13 per cent of its oil needs - second only after the United States. Following Germany's occupation of the Netherlands in May 1940, Japan decided to expand its influence in the Netherlands East Indies.

Defending the colony was the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL). This force, designed primarily for colonial policing, underwent a series of cutbacks in the interwar years before adopting a modernisation programme in 1936, which focused on building up a strike air force, introducing tanks and increasing the firepower of the infantry and artillery.

Fully illustrated with period photographs and full-colour artwork, this book examines the dress, insignia, equipment, organization and combat performance of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army as it faced the all-conquering Japanese forces in World War II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472833761
• Artikelnr.: 53637318

Autorenporträt

MARC LOHNSTEIN holds an MA in History and his main areas of interests are the equipment, uniforms and tactics of the army and police organization in the former Dutch colonies in Indonesia and Surinam. He has published several studies on these subjects and various titles for Osprey including CAM 364: The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941-42: Japan's Quest for Oil and MAA 521: Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1936-42. He works as assistant curator at the Royal Home for Retired Military Personnel & Museum Bronbeek at Arnhem in the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Geopolitical developments Defence of the Netherlands East
Indies: principles Command and control Organisation Infantry Tanks
Artillery Air defence artillery Cavalry Engineers Signals Motor transport
Medical Service Supplies Aviation Indigenous auxiliary corps Army formation
Weapons Combat history Uniforms and insignia Bibliography Glossary