Dutch 1940 Armed Forces

This page is intended to be a "work in construction". In other words, it will not be particularly "polished" in its' presentation, and is liable to sudden changes/additions as material is forthcoming! In fact, since starting to pull this stuff together, I've already made a couple of changes pre-publication. Here goes...

Netherlands High Command/Government

QUEEN: Wilhelmina

PRIME MINISTER (and FINANCE MINISTER): J. de Geer

FOREIGN MINISTER: E.N. van Kleffens

DEFENCE MINISTER: Dijxhoorn

C-in-C ARMED FORCES: General Reynders (resigned Feb 1940), then General Winkelman

C-in-C FIELD ARMY: General Voorst tot Voorst

C-in-C NAVY: Admiral Furstner

(Airforce was part of "Air Defence Command", under Army control)

Field Army HQ

1st Army Corps		- 1st Division		- Regiment Grenadiers
						- Regiment Jagers
						- 4th Infantry Regiment
						- 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
			- 2nd Division		- 10th Infantry Regiment
						- 15th Infantry Regiment
						- 22nd Infantry Regiment
						- 6th Field Artillery Regiment
			- 10th Regiment Field Artillery (motorised)

2nd Army Corps		- 3rd Division		- 1st Infantry Regiment
						- 9th Infantry Regiment
						- 12th Infantry Regiment
						- 4th Field Artillery Regiment
			- 4th Division		- 8th Infantry Regiment
						- 11th Infantry Regiment
						- 19th Infantry Regiment
						- 8th Field Artillery Regiment
			- 12th Regiment Field Artillery (motorised)

3rd Army Corps		- 5th Division		- 2nd Infantry Regiment
						- 13th Infantry Regiment
						- 17th Infantry Regiment
						- 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
			- 6th Division		- 3rd Infantry Regiment
						- 6th Infantry Regiment
						- 14th Infantry Regiment
						- 7th Field Artillery Regiment
			- 11th Regiment Field Artillery (motorised)

4th Army Corps		- 7th Division		- 7th Infantry Regiment
						- 18th Infantry Regiment
						- 20th Infantry Regiment
						- 1st Field Artillery Regiment
			- 8th Division		- 5th Infantry Regiment
						- 16th Infantry Regiment
						- 21st Infantry Regiment
						- 5th Field Artillery Regiment
			- 9th Regiment Field Artillery (motorised)

4 Reserve Infantry Divisions (A-D), each of 3 Reserve Infantry Regiments
			+ weak Field Artillery Regiment

Light Division		- 2 Bicycle Regiments
			- 4 Regiments Horse Cavalry
			- 2 Motorcycle Hussar Regiments
			- 2 Squadrons Armoured Cars (detached)
			- Motorised Artillery Regiment

5 Independent horse-drawn Artillery Regiments

Engineer Brigade	- 1st Engineer Regt (Pioneers & Railway)
			- 2nd Engineer Regt (Signals)
			- 3rd Engineer Regt (Searchlights)
			- Bridging "Corps" (Regiment)

Some web resources on the Dutch 1940 Armed Forces:
Netherlands Naval Aviation (English)
Documentatiegroep '40-'45 (English intro to Dutch language WW2 research site)
Homepage van het Museum Korps Rijdende Artillery (Dutch site - Horse Artillery Museum)
Militaire Luchtvaart Museum Soesterberg (Dutch language site - aviation museum)
MLM General Information (English introduction to above)
Museum Brigade and Guards (Dutch and English)
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