Dutch Cavalry Museum

The Dutch Cavalry Museum (Cavalriemuseum) is located in the centre of the Netherlands in the city of Amersfoort. The museum is hosted in two large buildings at the Bernhardkazerne army barracks.

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Museum Nederlandse Cavalerie
military museum, 

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  Battle of Dorestad ⓘ
  c695 battle

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  Siege of IJsselstein ⓘ
  1416 siege

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  Looting of Naarden ⓘ
  

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  Battle of Westbroek ⓘ
  battle of the Hook and Cod wars

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  Second Battle of Vreeswijk ⓘ
  1482 battle

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  Siege of Utrecht ⓘ
  1483 battle of the Hook and Cod Wars

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  Siege of Montfoort ⓘ
  1490 siege

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  Siege of Rhenen ⓘ
  1499

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  Siege of IJsselstein ⓘ
  1511 siege

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  Siege of Amersfoort ⓘ
  1543 siege

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  Battle of Amerongen ⓘ
  1585 battle

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  Maurice's campaign of 1591 ⓘ
  1591 military campaign

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  Spinola's campaign ⓘ
  1605–1606 military campaign

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  Harskamp riots ⓘ
  

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  German invasion of the Netherlands ⓘ
  Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940

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  Battle of the Grebbeberg ⓘ
  1940 major engagement during the battle of the Netherlands in WWII

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  Battle of Otterlo ⓘ
  1945 battle in the Netherlands

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  Frisian–Frankish wars ⓘ
  7th–8th century series of wars

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  Friso-Hollandic Wars ⓘ
  13th–15th-century series of invasions

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  Guelderian Wars ⓘ
  1502–1543 series of wars in the Low Countries

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  Eighty Years' War ⓘ
  Dutch revolt against the Habsburgs (1568-1648)

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  Anglo-Spanish War of 1626-1630 ⓘ
  war fought by Spain against the Kingdom of England and the United Provinces

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  National Monument on Batteries ⓘ
  built in 1852 on the site of an earthen battery constructed in 1799

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  Overeindseweg Battery ⓘ
  

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  Overeindseweg Battery ⓘ
  

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  Westbatterij Muiden ⓘ
  

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  Bunker Wilhelminapark ⓘ
  Utrecht

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  Fort bij Rijnauwen, schuilplaatsen type 1918 I en 1918 II ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hoofddijk: Schuilplaatsen type 1918/I ⓘ
  

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  Fort vechten, Schuilplaatsen type 1918/I kazematten ⓘ
  

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  Franse kamp ⓘ
  

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  Franse Kamp: schuilplaatsen type 1918 II ⓘ
  

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  Schuilplaatsen type 1918/I gelegen tussen Rijnauwen en Vechten ⓘ
  

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  Schuilplaatsen type 1918/II gelegen tussen Rijnauwen/Vechten ⓘ
  

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  Shard-free shelters type 1916 / I between Rijnauwen and Vechten ⓘ
  

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  Tussenstelling 't Hemeltje-Vechten: Schuilplaatsen type 1918/II ⓘ
  

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  Tussenstelling 't Hemeltje-Vechten: Schuilplaatsen type 1981/I ⓘ
  

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  Wisseloordbunker ⓘ
  former military bunker and bunker house in Hilversum, the Netherlands

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  Zout- en Zandbunker ⓘ
  building in Hilversum, Netherlands

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  Noordertunnel, Utrecht Centraal ⓘ
  tunnel in Utrecht, Netherlands

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  Bunker 599 ⓘ
  

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  Bloklaan 9 te Loosdrecht ⓘ
  

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  Fort bij Abcoude ⓘ
  

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  Fort bij Hinderdam ⓘ
  

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  Fort bij Nigtevecht ⓘ
  

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  Fort Blauwkapel ⓘ
  

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  Fort de Bilt ⓘ
  

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  Fort De Gagel ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen ⓘ
  fortress in Utrecht

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  Fort Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Culemborg ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Culemborg ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Everdingen te Everdingen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Het Hemeltje ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hinderdam bombproof depot ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hinderdam bombproof depot ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hinderdam bombproof guardhouse ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hinderdam bombproof guardhouse ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hinderdam casemate ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hinderdam casemate ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hinderdam in Hinderdam: Group shelters type P ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hinderdam te Hinderdam ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hinderdam te Hinderham ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honsdijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk te Houten ⓘ
  

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  Fort Honswijk. ⓘ
  

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  Fort Hoofddijk ⓘ
  

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  Fort Jutphaas ⓘ
  

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  Fort Kijkuit ⓘ
  

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  Fort Kijkuit ⓘ
  

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  Fort Kijkuit concrete works ⓘ
  

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  Fort Klop ⓘ
  

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  Fort Lunet I ⓘ
  

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  Fort near Asperen in Geldermalsen ⓘ
  

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  Fort near Asperen in Geldermalsen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Nieuwersluis ⓘ
  

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  Fort Ruigenhoek ⓘ
  

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  Fort Uitermeer ⓘ
  

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  Fort Voordorp ⓘ
  

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  Fort Vreeswijk ⓘ
  

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  Kleizuwe te 's-Graveland ⓘ
  

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  Kleizuwe te 's-Graveland ⓘ
  

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  Maarsseveen Fort ⓘ
  

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  Mouse Fort ⓘ
  was built in 1877 and was part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam which is the UNESCO World Heritage Site

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  Naarden Fortress ⓘ
  was part of Dutch Waterline and is the example of the star fortress

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  Rijnauwen Fort ⓘ
  was built in 1869 and is the part of the New Dutch Waterline to protect Houtense Plain, east of Utrecht

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  Torenfort aan de Ossenmarkt ⓘ
  

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  Uitermeer Fort ⓘ
  

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  Vechten Fort ⓘ
  was built in 1870 and is part of the New Dutch Waterline to protect Houtense Plain, east of Utrecht

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  Werk bij Maarsseveen ⓘ
  

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  Fort Ronduit ⓘ
  

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  Dutch Cavalry Museum ⓘ
  museum in Amersfoort, the Netherlands

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  Dutch Fortress Museum ⓘ
  open-air military museum representing Naarden Fortress

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  Museum Militaire Traditie ⓘ
  museum in the Netherlands

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  Military Aviation Museum ⓘ
  former aviation museum in the Netherlands

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  Smeetoren ⓘ
  

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  Bijlhouwerstoren ⓘ
  wall tower in Utrecht, The Netherlands

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695 Battle of Dorestad

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1416-06-08T00:00:00Z

1416 Siege of IJsselstein

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1481 Looting of Naarden

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1482 Battle of Westbroek

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1482-10-20T00:00:00Z

1482 Second Battle of Vreeswijk

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1483-09-09T00:00:00Z

1483 Siege of Utrecht

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1490-08-17T00:00:00Z

1490 Siege of Montfoort

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1499-07-17T00:00:00Z

1499 Siege of Rhenen

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1511-06-11T00:00:00Z

1511 Siege of IJsselstein

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1543-07-17T00:00:00Z

1543 Siege of Amersfoort

1585-06-23T00:00:00Z

1585-06-23T00:00:00Z

1585 Battle of Amerongen

1591-01-01T00:00:00Z

1591-01-01T00:00:00Z

1591 Maurice's campaign of 1591

1605-01-01T00:00:00Z

1606-01-01T00:00:00Z

1605 — 1606 Spinola's campaign

1918-10-25T00:00:00Z

1918-10-26T00:00:00Z

1918 Harskamp riots

1940-05-10T00:00:00Z

1940-05-15T00:00:00Z

1940 German invasion of the Netherlands

1940-05-11T00:00:00Z

1940-05-13T00:00:00Z

1940 Battle of the Grebbeberg

1945-04-17T00:00:00Z

1945-04-17T00:00:00Z

1945 Battle of Otterlo

0700-01-01T00:00:00Z

0800-01-01T00:00:00Z

700 — 800 Frisian–Frankish wars

1256-01-01T00:00:00Z

1256-01-01T00:00:00Z

1256 Friso-Hollandic Wars

1502-01-01T00:00:00Z

1543-01-01T00:00:00Z

1502 — 1543 Guelderian Wars

1568-06-02T00:00:00Z

1648-01-30T00:00:00Z

1568 — 1648 Eighty Years' War

1625-11-01T00:00:00Z

1630-11-15T00:00:00Z

1625 — 1630 Anglo-Spanish War of 1626-1630

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

1940-01-01T00:00:00Z

1940 Zout- en Zandbunker

1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

1974 Noordertunnel, Utrecht Centraal

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

2010 Bunker 599

1875-01-01T00:00:00Z

1875-01-01T00:00:00Z

1875 Fort Ronduit

1968-07-03T00:00:00Z

2013-06-30T00:00:00Z

1968 — 2013 Military Aviation Museum

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1855-01-01T00:00:00Z

1145 — 1855 Smeetoren

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1350 — 1872 Bijlhouwerstoren

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Prins Bernhard overhandigt 35 jaar oude tank voor historische cavallerieverzamel, Bestanddeelnr 929-9346

Prins Bernhard overhandigt 35 jaar oude tank voor historische cavallerieverzamel, Bestanddeelnr 929-9344

Prins Bernhard overhandigt 35 jaar oude tank voor historische cavallerieverzamel, Bestanddeelnr 929-9345

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M113 pic4

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Chaffee M24 pic4

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Daimler Scout Car 'Dingo' pic-3

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	994	county of Buren		Wikidata
area	region	1795	Netherlands	country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, country	Wikidata
area	region	1813	Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	695	Battle of Dorestad	Franks, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1416	Siege of IJsselstein	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1481	Looting of Naarden	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1482	Battle of Westbroek	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1482	Second Battle of Vreeswijk	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1483	Siege of Utrecht	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1490	Siege of Montfoort	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1499	Siege of Rhenen	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1511	Siege of IJsselstein	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1543	Siege of Amersfoort	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1585	Battle of Amerongen	battle, Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1591	Maurice's campaign of 1591	Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1605	Spinola's campaign	Dutch Republic, Hispanic Monarchy, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Harskamp riots	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	German invasion of the Netherlands	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1940	Battle of the Grebbeberg	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Battle of Otterlo	battle	Wikidata
event	war	700	Frisian–Frankish wars	Frisian Kingdom, Francia, series of wars	Wikidata
event	war	1256	Friso-Hollandic Wars	war, Holy Roman Empire	Wikidata
event	war	1502	Guelderian Wars	Habsburg monarchy, Duchy of Guelders, series of wars	Wikidata
event	war	1568	Eighty Years' War	civil war, Spanish Empire, Kingdom of France, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Union of Utrecht, Seventeen Provinces, Watergeuzen, Geuzen, Union of Arras, Iberian Union, revolt, County of Nassau, Principality of Nassau-Diez	Wikidata
event	war	1625	Anglo-Spanish War of 1626-1630	war, James VI and I, Charles I of England, Maurice of Nassau, Dutch Republic, Kingdom of England, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, William of Nassau, Ernst von Mansfeld, Philip IV of Spain, Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Marquis of Villanueva de Valdueza, Juan Manuel Pérez de Guzmán, 8th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Habsburg Spain, Antonio de Oquendo, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1814	Royal Netherlands Army	army	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		National Monument on Batteries	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Overeindseweg Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Overeindseweg Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Westbatterij Muiden	tower fort, artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bunker Wilhelminapark	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Fort bij Rijnauwen, schuilplaatsen type 1918 I en 1918 II	groepsschuilplaats Type 1918	Wikidata
site	bunker		Fort Hoofddijk: Schuilplaatsen type 1918/I	groepsschuilplaats Type 1918	Wikidata
site	bunker		Fort vechten, Schuilplaatsen type 1918/I kazematten	groepsschuilplaats Type 1918	Wikidata
site	bunker		Franse kamp	groepsschuilplaats Type 1918	Wikidata
site	bunker		Franse Kamp: schuilplaatsen type 1918 II	groepsschuilplaats Type 1918	Wikidata
site	bunker		Schuilplaatsen type 1918/I gelegen tussen Rijnauwen en Vechten	groepsschuilplaats Type 1918	Wikidata
site	bunker		Schuilplaatsen type 1918/II gelegen tussen Rijnauwen/Vechten	groepsschuilplaats Type 1918	Wikidata
site	bunker		Shard-free shelters type 1916 / I between Rijnauwen and Vechten	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Tussenstelling 't Hemeltje-Vechten: Schuilplaatsen type 1918/II	groepsschuilplaats Type 1918	Wikidata
site	bunker		Tussenstelling 't Hemeltje-Vechten: Schuilplaatsen type 1981/I	groepsschuilplaats Type 1918	Wikidata
site	bunker		Wisseloordbunker	bunker, house	Wikidata
site	bunker	1940	Zout- en Zandbunker	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker	1974	Noordertunnel, Utrecht Centraal	pedestrian tunnel, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	bunker	2010	Bunker 599	Groepsschuilplaats Type P, work of art, bunker	Wikidata
site	fort		Bloklaan 9 te Loosdrecht	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort bij Abcoude	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort bij Hinderdam	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort bij Nigtevecht	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Blauwkapel	architectural ensemble, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort de Bilt	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort De Gagel	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Culemborg	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Culemborg	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Everdingen te Everdingen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Het Hemeltje	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hinderdam bombproof depot	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hinderdam bombproof depot	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hinderdam bombproof guardhouse	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hinderdam bombproof guardhouse	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hinderdam casemate	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hinderdam casemate	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hinderdam in Hinderdam: Group shelters type P	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hinderdam te Hinderdam	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hinderdam te Hinderham	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honsdijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk te Houten	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Honswijk.	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Hoofddijk	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Jutphaas	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Kijkuit	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Kijkuit	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Kijkuit concrete works	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Klop	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Lunet I	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort near Asperen in Geldermalsen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort near Asperen in Geldermalsen	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Nieuwersluis	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Ruigenhoek	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Uitermeer	architectural ensemble, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Voordorp	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Vreeswijk	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Kleizuwe te 's-Graveland	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Kleizuwe te 's-Graveland	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Maarsseveen Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Mouse Fort	fort, curtain wall	Wikidata
site	fort		Naarden Fortress	Dutch Fortress Museum, tourist attraction, fortress	Wikidata
site	fort		Rijnauwen Fort	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Torenfort aan de Ossenmarkt	tower fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Uitermeer Fort	tower fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Vechten Fort	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort		Werk bij Maarsseveen	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	fort	1875	Fort Ronduit	fort, architectural ensemble	Wikidata
site	museum		Dutch Cavalry Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Dutch Fortress Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Museum Militaire Traditie	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1968	Military Aviation Museum	aviation museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	tower	1145	Smeetoren	fortified tower, observatory	Wikidata
site	tower	1350	Bijlhouwerstoren	fortified tower, windmill	Wikidata
commons	image		Centurion MK 5 (2)		Commons
commons	image		Prins Bernhard overhandigt 35 jaar oude tank voor historische cavallerieverzamel, Bestanddeelnr 929-9346		Commons
commons	image		Prins Bernhard overhandigt 35 jaar oude tank voor historische cavallerieverzamel, Bestanddeelnr 929-9344		Commons
commons	image		Prins Bernhard overhandigt 35 jaar oude tank voor historische cavallerieverzamel, Bestanddeelnr 929-9345		Commons
commons	image		Humber Mk I pic11		Commons
commons	image		M113 pic4		Commons
commons	image		Landsverk M38 pic-13		Commons
commons	image		Chaffee M24 pic4		Commons
commons	image		M24 Chaffee 33314 4CV pic1		Commons
commons	image		Daimler Scout Car 'Dingo' pic-3		Commons