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Japanese Machine Gun
1943
Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei
Amsterdam, Netherlands
It was a quiet, breezy night with a full-moon as marine H. Kooi of the Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger, KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army) left the city of Surabaya to go into battle. Two months earlier, at the beginning of 1942, Japan had attacked the Dutch East Indies and it now threatened to occupy Java as well. Suddenly we find ourselves in the middle of a fight against the Japanese...
Details
- Title: Japanese Machine Gun
- Date: 1943
- Location: Arnhem
- Physical Dimensions: h 41 cm x w 140 cm
- Provenance: From the collection of the Bronbeek Museum, Arnhem
- External Link: More information and (historical) photos, http://www.tweedewereldoorlog.nl/100voorwerpen/voorwerp/japanse-mitrailleur/
- Provenance Link: http://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/bronbeek
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