Regions The Netherlands
Survey Articles (Regional)
Regional Thematic Articles
- Centenary (The Netherlands)
- Domestic Politics and Neutrality (The Netherlands)
- Exile and Migration (The Netherlands)
- Film/Cinema (The Netherlands)
- Foreign Policy (The Netherlands)
- Humanitarianism (The Netherlands)
- Intelligence and Espionage (The Netherlands)
- Making Sense of the War (The Netherlands)
- Military and Strategy (The Netherlands)
- Wartime and Post-war Economies (The Netherlands)
- Wartime and Post-war Societies (The Netherlands)
Encyclopedic Entries
- Beerenbrouck, Charles Ruijs de
- Borders (The Netherlands)
- Cort van der Linden, Pieter Wilhelm Adriaan
- Feminist Pacifism
- Hague Conferences 1899-1907
- High Voltage Fence (The Netherlands and Belgium)
- Mata Hari
- Mata Hari
- Netherlands Overseas Trust (NOT)
- Neutrality
- Raemaekers, Louis
- Troelstra, Pieter Jelles
- Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands
Survey Articles (Regional)
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The Netherlands remained neutral during the First World War, but was nevertheless significantly affected by it. Its army remained fully mobilized to counter any possible threat, and its economy felt … READ MORE
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Regional Thematic Articles
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When the First World War broke out, the Netherlands’ most important political parties put aside their differences to help uphold the country’s neutrality throughout the war. However, the … READ MORE
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About a million Belgian civilians fled to the Netherlands at the beginning of the First World War. Approximately 900,000 of them returned within a few weeks, while 100,000 stayed for the duration of … READ MORE
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Film did not undermine Dutch neutrality during the First World War, but Dutch cinema culture was an important hub for propagandistic messages from most warring parties. Although British and French … READ MORE
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands upheld a foreign policy of strict neutrality during the First World War. That policy revolved around two main precepts: upholding the requirements associated with … READ MORE
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During the First World War, the neutral Dutch were involved in humanitarian endeavours both inside the Netherlands and abroad. The most significant was their care of refugees who crossed into the … READ MORE
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From the first days of the war, the neutral Netherlands, because of its geographical position, was turned into a transit area for information and a variety of agents from the Entente and Germany. … READ MORE
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This article deals with the collective narratives Dutch intellectuals drew upon to make sense of the Great War as well as to explain the role and identity of the Netherlands as a neutral nation. … READ MORE
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Since the middle of the 19th century, armed neutrality had been the pillar of Dutch military strategy. From 1900, this was implemented not only by the purely defensive concept of … READ MORE
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Mutual dependence between the Dutch economy and Western German industrial centres precluded hostile German actions against the Netherlands. Indeed, German war planners hoped to use the Netherlands as … READ MORE
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The Dutch were not just passive bystanders of the war. They reflected on the nature and consequences of modern warfare and on the position of their country in the world. Their responses to and … READ MORE
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Encyclopedic Entries
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Ruijs de Beerenbrouck was a Dutch Prime Minster who successfully dealt with the threat of revolution in November … READ MORE
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The borders of the Netherlands were an important site of war experience for the Dutch, as well as a contested site of war interaction for the … READ MORE
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P.W.A. Cort van der Linden was the Dutch prime minister from 1913 to 1918. His cabinet managed to preserve Dutch neutrality throughout the … READ MORE
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A minority section of the women’s movements opposed World War I and organized the International Congress of Women at The Hague in April 1915. Its participants demanded women’s rights and more … READ MORE
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In 1915 the Germans built an electric fence along the Belgian-Dutch border, consisting of three lines of wires which were intended to stop all disturbing border activities that might severely harm … READ MORE
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Mata Hari was a famous Dutch female dancer, who spied in France for the German intelligence during the war. Arrested by the French, she was condemned to death and executed in October … READ MORE
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Mata Hari was a famous Dutch female dancer, who spied in France for the German intelligence during the war. Arrested by the French, she was condemned to death and executed in October … READ MORE
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During the First World War, the Netherlands Oversea Trust Company acted as a clearing house for imported contraband goods. Although the Dutch government viewed most of the company’s actions as … READ MORE
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During the 19th century, neutrality evolved into a set of legal and political tools designed to limit the impact of wars on the international system. This form of neutrality did not … READ MORE
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During the First World War, Dutch editorial cartoonist Louis Raemaekers was a fierce critic of the German invasion of Belgium and France. He played a key role in Allied propaganda with his … READ MORE
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Troelstra was a charismatic socialist leader who overestimated his influence and called for a socialist revolution in November 1918. His call was ignored and after suffering a nervous breakdown, he … READ MORE
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Queen Wilhelmina was by nature a forceful leader. The First World War showed that she lacked the meekness and patience that the head of a small neutral state … READ MORE
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During the entire war, warring powers used the “secret war” to try to break the balance of the battlefield. Generally created in the previous few decades, intelligence and security services saw … READ MORE
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The article examines international efforts to curb states’ war-making prerogatives in the second half of the “long” 19th century. It captures new humanitarian sentiments circulating … READ MORE
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Many issues surrounding the conduct of war in the years 1914-1918 were impervious to international negotiation or mediation, due either to a complete lack of consensus or to an absence of trust and … READ MORE
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The idea of peace in total war may seem irrelevant, but pacifism, or peace activism, did exist during the First World War. A seemingly robust European peace movement existed before 1914, but it … READ MORE
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This article addresses the scale of wartime population displacement in continental Europe, the relief efforts made on behalf of refugees, their impact on host communities, and the cultural … READ MORE
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This article explores how the anticipation, reality, and memory of sacrifice informed experiences and legacies of World War I. Drawing on representative examples from multiple nations, I suggest that … READ MORE
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Female war reporters from belligerent and neutral countries were present in the major war theatres in Europe and the Middle East throughout 1914 to 1918. While admission of journalists to the war … READ MORE
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Survey Articles (Regional)
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The Netherlands remained neutral during the First World War, but was nevertheless significantly affected by it. Its army remained fully mobilized to counter any possible threat, and its economy felt … READ MORE
Regional
Regional Thematic Articles
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When the First World War broke out, the Netherlands’ most important political parties put aside their differences to help uphold the country’s neutrality throughout the war. However, the … READ MORE
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About a million Belgian civilians fled to the Netherlands at the beginning of the First World War. Approximately 900,000 of them returned within a few weeks, while 100,000 stayed for the duration of … READ MORE
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Film did not undermine Dutch neutrality during the First World War, but Dutch cinema culture was an important hub for propagandistic messages from most warring parties. Although British and French … READ MORE
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands upheld a foreign policy of strict neutrality during the First World War. That policy revolved around two main precepts: upholding the requirements associated with … READ MORE
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During the First World War, the neutral Dutch were involved in humanitarian endeavours both inside the Netherlands and abroad. The most significant was their care of refugees who crossed into the … READ MORE
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From the first days of the war, the neutral Netherlands, because of its geographical position, was turned into a transit area for information and a variety of agents from the Entente and Germany. … READ MORE
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This article deals with the collective narratives Dutch intellectuals drew upon to make sense of the Great War as well as to explain the role and identity of the Netherlands as a neutral nation. … READ MORE
Regional Thematic -
Since the middle of the 19th century, armed neutrality had been the pillar of Dutch military strategy. From 1900, this was implemented not only by the purely defensive concept of … READ MORE
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Mutual dependence between the Dutch economy and Western German industrial centres precluded hostile German actions against the Netherlands. Indeed, German war planners hoped to use the Netherlands as … READ MORE
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The Dutch were not just passive bystanders of the war. They reflected on the nature and consequences of modern warfare and on the position of their country in the world. Their responses to and … READ MORE
Regional Thematic
Encyclopedic Entries
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Ruijs de Beerenbrouck was a Dutch Prime Minster who successfully dealt with the threat of revolution in November … READ MORE
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The borders of the Netherlands were an important site of war experience for the Dutch, as well as a contested site of war interaction for the … READ MORE
Entry -
P.W.A. Cort van der Linden was the Dutch prime minister from 1913 to 1918. His cabinet managed to preserve Dutch neutrality throughout the … READ MORE
Entry -
A minority section of the women’s movements opposed World War I and organized the International Congress of Women at The Hague in April 1915. Its participants demanded women’s rights and more … READ MORE
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In 1915 the Germans built an electric fence along the Belgian-Dutch border, consisting of three lines of wires which were intended to stop all disturbing border activities that might severely harm … READ MORE
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Mata Hari was a famous Dutch female dancer, who spied in France for the German intelligence during the war. Arrested by the French, she was condemned to death and executed in October … READ MORE
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Mata Hari was a famous Dutch female dancer, who spied in France for the German intelligence during the war. Arrested by the French, she was condemned to death and executed in October … READ MORE
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During the First World War, the Netherlands Oversea Trust Company acted as a clearing house for imported contraband goods. Although the Dutch government viewed most of the company’s actions as … READ MORE
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During the 19th century, neutrality evolved into a set of legal and political tools designed to limit the impact of wars on the international system. This form of neutrality did not … READ MORE
Entry -
During the First World War, Dutch editorial cartoonist Louis Raemaekers was a fierce critic of the German invasion of Belgium and France. He played a key role in Allied propaganda with his … READ MORE
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Troelstra was a charismatic socialist leader who overestimated his influence and called for a socialist revolution in November 1918. His call was ignored and after suffering a nervous breakdown, he … READ MORE
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Queen Wilhelmina was by nature a forceful leader. The First World War showed that she lacked the meekness and patience that the head of a small neutral state … READ MORE
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