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Item is a photograph depicting the arrest of a suspect in Amsterdam by the German security service [Sicherheitsdienst], aided by the Dutch police. Event may have coincided with the February 25–27, 1941 urban protest strikes against German persecution of the Dutch Jews. Seven strikers were killed in Amsterdam on the second day of the protests.

Gunnery exercises - Heavy guns of HNMS Tromp. The light cruiser, HMNS Tromp, took a leading part in the battle in the Straits of Bali, february 1942, where an attempt was made by a small allied Naval Force to repulse superior Japanese Invasion Fleets. Fall of Java the Tromp co-operated with the Royal Australian Navy, assisting in the numerous strikes on Netherlands East Indies Harbours. NI 286

Van de Nederlandse strijdkrachten telde de marine de meeste mensen. In tegenstelling tot de landmacht was de marine er begin mei 1940 in geslaagd een aanzienlijk deel van personeel en materieel uit Nederland te evacueren. Daarnaast bevond zich in de Indische wateren het marinesmaldeel dat belast was met de verdediging van de archipel. Naast het escorteren van konvooien hebben Nederlandse marineschepen ...