Klaas Meijer
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Spokesman Netherlands Ministry of Defence, historian, veteran, old pictures, bunker connoisseur. - My tweets are my own. See: https://t.co/YGnlUNOGgg…
Joined July 2011
"I see that you have made 3 spelling mistakes." Last words of Marquis de Favras after reading his death sentence before being hanged (1790).
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RIP Gene Hackman. The most Polish looking actor who wasn’t Polish.
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Canada liberated the Netherlands. More than 4.000 Canadian soldiers died. Show some respect. 🇨🇦🇳🇱.
If only Canadians were this aggressive when it came time to fight the nazis in WW2.
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Good morning! What a wonderful 80th commemoration of Market Garden we had yesterday. A very special moment. #MarketGarden80 🇬🇧🇵🇱🇺🇸🇳🇱
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On this day in 1944, the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade jumped at Driel to join the fight against the Germans. Its sacrifice would be in vain, but it will always be remembered. 🇵🇱🇳🇱#MarketGarden #Sosabowski
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Operation Market Garden happened 80 years ago. So let’s have some tweets on the iconic movie The Bridge Too Far (1977).👇 #MarketGarden80
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On this day in 1940, a numerically superior Soviet division was defeated by the Finnish during the battle of Raate Road. The Soviets were so sure of their victory that a band, had traveled with them to perform in a victory parade. The Finns found their instruments in the snow.🇫🇮
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On this day in 1940, a numerically superior Soviet division was defeated by the Finnish during the battle of Raate Road. The Soviets were so sure of their victory that a band, had traveled with them to perform in a victory parade. The Finns found their instruments in the snow.
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Arrival of the old veterans at the Polish commemoration of Market Garden in Driel. 🇵🇱 🤝🇳🇱 #MarketGarden80
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On this day in 1940, a numerically superior Soviet division was defeated by the Finnish during the battle of Raate Road. The Soviets were so sure of their victory that a band, had traveled with them to perform in a victory parade. The Finns found their instruments in the snow.🇫🇮
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Incredible scenes! Bergen op Zoom is liberated again. 80 years Battle of the Scheldt. Thank you, Canada! 🇨🇦 #Liberation80years
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I could watch this for hours. Airborne landings at the Ginkel Heath near Arnhem. #MarketGarden80 🇬🇧
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They forgot the machine guns.
An aerospace engineering company has designed a glass pod with a pair of seats inside that can be installed on existing aircraft, giving passengers a 360-degree view during flight.
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When you are working from home again and your colleagues suddenly show up on your doorstep.
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Bring up the Königstiger Fritz, The offensive has stalled! #Nutsweekend #BattleOfTheBulge80
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At this moment the Dutch village of Son en Breugel is getting liberated! 80 years ago it was the scene of heavy fighting. 🇺🇸🤝🇳🇱 #MarketGarden80
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In 1960 Dutch carrier Karel Doorman was sent to Netherlands New Guinea because of growing tensions with Indonesia. She operated with Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, Hawker Sea Hawk fighters, and 2 Sikorsky S-55 ASW helicopters.
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What an arms race looks like. There are seven years between these two German anti-tank guns (1936-1943).
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Departure of the banner of the Polish 6th Airborne Brigade. The Polish commemoration of Market Garden has come to an end. 🇵🇱🤝🇳🇱 #MarketGarden80
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Frozen in time. After World War One this Italian howitzer was left at Cresta Croce (3000m) in the Dolomits. It's still there.
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Best headline ever! On this day 80 years ago, Hitler died.
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Cobra King has arrived in Bastogne! On 26 December 1944, the Sherman Jumbo was the first tank to enter the Bastogne perimeter. The Jumbo will drive today at the Bastogne Barracks together with these tanks and APCs.👇#NutsWeekend #BattleOfTheBulge80
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I am very angry! Velsen has given a permit for the breakdown of the German torpedo boot bunker in the harbor of IJmuiden. It’s the only one in the world and part of the history of this area. It’s also the largest World War Two structure in the Netherlands.
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80 years ago the Dutch village of Gronsveld was liberated by the US 30th Division. During the fight, Sergeant Raymond F. Gargenes was killed. Today the villagers paid their respects at the local memorial, which is dedicated to him.🙏🇺🇸🇳🇱
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This German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 was discovered in 1989 in the woods near St. Petersburg.😳 Feldwebel Paul Rätz crashed with this fighter in 1943 after attacking a Soviet armored train. It was restored and is currently the only airworthy Fw 190 with an original BMW 801 engine.
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Full house at the commemoration of the British airborne landings near Arnhem. #MarketGarden80 🇬🇧🤝🇳🇱
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@JoeyMannarinoUS You don’t understand anything of religion if you think clothes matter to Jesus.
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1,500 horsepower! A Dutch Leopard 2A5 tries to break through an anti-tank ditch.😎
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Thank you for your service! Major-general Ricard Rohmer. Rohmer took part in D-Day and the Battles of Normandy, Belgium and the Netherlands. 🇨🇦🤝🇳🇱#Liberation80years #Wageningen
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On this day in 1946 Dutch fascist leader Anton Mussert was executed for high treason. During the war, he had cooperated with the Nazis. Mussert was executed on the Waalsdorpervlakte, where hundreds of Dutch citizens had been killed by the Nazi regime. Scene from his arrest.
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When Germany invaded the Netherlands on this day in 1940 the Luftwaffe lost 361 aircraft. This included 275 Ju52 transport aircraft, 37 Heinkel 111 bombers and 47 Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. Total losses of the Luftwaffe after the surrender of Holland were 450 aircraft.
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In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. On this day in 1983, a TV series of these brave men was broadcast for the first time.
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In 11000 BC the United Kingdom was still part of the Netherlands. Give it back.
We zijn Engeland gewoon kwijt geraakt. Dit is Doggerland, 11000 jaar geleden.
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With such an appropriate name this Dutch general should have joined the artillery, not the infantry. 😬
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Return of the tank! Today it was announced that the Dutch army will have its own tank capacity again. A new tank battalion will be created.👍
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On this day in 1945 operation Manna started. 6,680 tons of food was dropped into the occupied western part of the Netherlands, to help feed Dutch civilians in danger of starvation. 3,301 sorties were flown by British Mosquitoes and Lancaster bombers. Thank you Tommies! 🇬🇧🇳🇱 #WW2
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Just your casual reminder that the Dutch Royal Navy had an aircraft carrier (1948-1968). Wouldn’t it be great to have a one again? @kon_marine
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Great! The M4 high-speed tractor (1943) of the Dutch army has been restored. Here she is taking Long Tom for a drive. This combination will be used at the liberation commemorations in the coming weeks.
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On this day in 1942 political prisoner Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp.🇵🇱
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Survived an encounter with a German Panther in Houffalize. In 1944 this tank served in the Netherlands as well. #BattleOfTheBulge80
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On my way to the commemoration of the Waal River crossing. On this day in 1944 US paratroopers of the 504 regiment rowed across the Waal at Nijmegen, while under German fire. 200 paratroopers were killed. The attack was later nicknamed "Little Omaha". #MarketGarden80 🇺🇸🤝🇳🇱
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“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.” - George S. Patton #NutsWeekend #BattleOfTheBulge80
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The roads in Limburg! Sherman tank on its way to liberate the Dutch village of Mesch. Today, 80 years ago.
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Meanwhile in the Netherlands.
🚨 | NEW: Rishi Sunak’s police escort now consists of actual officers running beside his car… as well as pedal bikes
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Dutch F35 Missing man formation at the ceremony of Remembrance Day of the Royal Netherlands Airforce.🇳🇱
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Breaching an anti-tank ditch (1981). A ditch is an effective weapon against tanks and armored vehicles (in this case a Dutch YPR-765 and Leopard I). That’s why combat engineer vehicles are essential on the battlefield.
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On this day in 1989, the Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan. The Kremlin should do the same in Ukraine and leave that country as well.🇺🇦
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The contribution of American aid to the Soviet victory on the Eastern Front is greatly underestimated.
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Vannacht is mijn lieve vader overleden. Hij leerde mij de wereld zien. Rust zacht pa.❤️
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Als je religie op de hak neemt vind ik dat als protestant prima, maar discrimineer dan niet. Wees eens divers BNN/VARA.
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World War Two veterans saluting the grave of Polish general Maczek in Breda. 🇵🇱🤝🇳🇱
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Because of the courage that was shown by the British and the Poles and because of the eternal gratitude expressed by the Dutch population?.
@klaasm67 Erm. we lost this battle: those men lost their lives due to poor planning and intelligence. Why do we Brits celebrate defeats? Why not celebrate the successful crossing of the Rhine, or our part in the battle of the bulge, or Alamein, or even Trafalgar???.
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Dat men zo met een held uit ons verleden omgaat. Ik vind dit echt schandalig.
Nieuwe naam gezocht voor basisschool Michiel de Ruyter. Het streven is om tot een inclusieve en multiculturele naam te komen.
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Prrrrrt, prrrt! The Netherlands will purchase 22 Skyranger 30 short-range air defence turret systems on tracked ACSV chassis! They will do great against drones. The first systems may arrive in 2028.
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Reed net met de auto naast een jongetje op een Fatbike. We tikten beide 50 km/h. Waarom mag die shit in Nederland toch worden verkocht?.
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On this day in 1944, US troops entered the city of Maastricht. It was the first Dutch city to be liberated. 🇺🇸🇳🇱
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Grolloo, Dutch village of the blues, just got liberated! Thank you Canada. 🇨🇦🤝🇳🇱 #Liberation80years
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Can we please stop spreading AI crap? There is enough real historical footage with real people.
We really have no idea, none of us really. Remember them today 💙💙❤️❤️ #RemembranceDay2024 #LestWeForget .
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Something you don’t see everyday. A crippled French ARL 44 tank. It has a lot of rust. Typical for French cars.😬
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Appropriate weather for the Battle of the Bulge commemorations today.❄️ #BattleOfTheBulge80
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On this day 80 years ago American soldiers arrived in Mesch (1944). It was the first Dutch village to be liberated! Thank you liberators! 🇺🇸🇳🇱 @USArmy #WW2 #neverforget
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The Dutch Army historical collection is on its way to the commemoration of the Liberation of Mesch (1944). These vehicles are well-maintained in their original configuration. Look at the details.🥚
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