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Dutch army

Royal Netherlands Army
Logo landmacht.svg
Logo of the Royal Netherlands Army
Founded January 9, 1814; 203 years ago (1814-01-09)
Country  Netherlands
Allegiance King of the Netherlands
Type Army
Size 21,500 active full time and part time personnel
Part of Dutch Ministry of Defense
HQ Kromhout kazerne (Utrecht)
Engagements Eighty Years' War
Dutch–Portuguese War
Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660)
Franco-Dutch War
Nine Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession
French Revolutionary Wars
Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
Battle of Friedland
Peninsular War
French invasion of Russia
Hundred Days
Battle of Waterloo
Belgian Revolution
World War II
Korean War
Indonesian National Revolution
Cold War
Dutch New Guinea Dispute
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Commander Lieutenant General Leo Beulen
Deputy commander Major General Marc van Uhm
Insignia
Flag Flag of the Royal Netherlands Army.svg

The Royal Netherlands Army (Dutch: Koninklijke Landmacht (KL), "Royal Army") is the land forces element of the military of the Netherlands.

The Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814—however, its origins date back to 1572, when the so-called Staatse Leger was raised. Therefore, the Netherlands has one of the oldest standing armies in the world, dating back to the 16th century. It fought during the Napoleonic Wars, World War II, the Indonesian War of Independence, Korean War, and served with NATO on the Cold War frontiers in Germany from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Since 1990, the army has deployed to the Iraq War from 2003 and the War in Afghanistan, as well as a number of United Nations peacekeeping deployments, notably with UNIFIL in Lebanon, and UNPROFOR in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1992–1995.

2 of 3 Dutch Army Brigades are now under German Command. In 2014 the 11th Airmobile Brigade, was integrated into the German Division of fast forces (DSK). Also the Dutch 43rd Mechanized Brigade, will be integrated into the 1st Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) of the German army. With the integration starting at the beginning of 2016, and the unit becoming operational at the end of 2019. The Dutch-German military cooperation are seen as an example for setting up a European defense union.

The Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814, but its origins date back to 1572, when the so-called Staatse Leger was founded. Therefore, the Netherlands operates one of the world's oldest standing armies, dating back to the 16th century. This army of the Dutch Republic was one of the best organised, and well trained armies of the 17th and early 18th century, and saw actions in the Eighty Years War, the Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660), the Franco-Dutch War, the Nine Years War, the War of Spanish Succession, the War of Austrian Succession, and the French Revolutionary Wars until the French conquered the Netherlands in early 1795.


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