Articles on Holland (Nederland) in TIME (1923 – )
The Dutch, a hardheaded people, know no better alternative to “the Russian threat” and “the German problem,” and approved to hand over control of its army to the EDC.
In the 17th century Senate building in The Hague, Dutch Foreign Minister Johan Beyen last week asked his country’s elder statesmen to hand over control of The Netherlands’ proud little army and 20,000-man air force to a supranational authority that does not yet exist. The European Army (EDC) has never…
The Netherlands became the second member nation to approve the six-nation European Army EDC (European Defense Community).
Never before had prospects of a six-nation European Army (EDC) seemed less hopeful. Convinced that the Soviet menace is waning fast, Europeans no longer felt the need to surrender some of their own sovereignty, or to permit 400,000 Germans to join them in a common uniform. The drive toward European…
The skies above Europe were crisscrossed last week by notables. In the Netherlands, just liberated by the surrender of all the occupying German forces, dropped Wilhelmina and Juliana.
Europe and the skies above were crisscrossed last week by notables commuting in & out of history. Into The Netherlands, just liberated by the surrender of all the occupying German forces, dropped Queen Wilhelmina (after five years’ exile in Britain) and Princess Juliana (after five years’ exile in Canada and…