Breda, North Brabant, The Netherlands Breda has fallen! This phrase was said many times throughout history, in different languages and periodically taking turns between the besiegers and the besieged. And what is Breda? Breda is a small town in the south of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant and very close to the… Leer más Breda has surrendered

Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium Usually most of the articles I write are set in the historical framework of the Spanish Netherlands, i.e. between 1556 and 1714. Outside these dates, the Spanish presence in the Netherlands is very small, and not even a genetic trace was left that even today would allow Spain to be associated… Leer más A Basque in Waterloo

Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands On 14 May 1940 the German air force began bombing the city of Rotterdam. The result: more than 1000 dead and 70,000 homeless. Rotterdam was the major focus of Dutch resistance to the German invasion in the Second World War. Despite German superiority, Rotterdam was home of the Dutch colonial… Leer más Rotterdam, 1572