Inventory Digital Collection Project ‘Farewell to the Indies’
Introduction: a coalition without equal footing When the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) was created in January 1942, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) entered the arrangement from very different political positions. Australia was formally allied Read more
During the Second World War, the Royal Netherlands Navy operated extensively from Australia following the collapse of the Netherlands East Indies in early 1942. Dutch naval forces, including submarines, surface vessels, and support units, were Read more
Establishment in Australia The Vrouwenkorps Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger (VK-KNIL) was formally established on 5 March 1944 in Melbourne. Its creation occurred in a setting defined by wartime exile, following the Japanese occupation of the Netherlands Read more