How good was the Dutch army during the cold war?

Answering the question about the cold war, not WW2, at the risk of being extremely unpopular the Dutch Army were, at least in my opinion a joke. I was in the British Army, stationed not far from the Dutch camp at Hohne in Germany. We used to go their shop to buy things and we met them on the training area at Sennelage. read more

In case of war the Dutch 1st Army Corps was to defend a sector of the North German Plain, about 100 km wide, with two divisions initially and a third filled out with reservists if there was time to call them up. read more

Although the Dutch and their indigenous allies managed to defeat the Republican Army in almost all major engagements and during the second campaign even to arrest Sukarno himself, Indonesian forces continued to wage a major guerrilla war under the leadership of General Sudirman who had escaped the Dutch onslaught. read more

The Army of the Netherlands in the aftermath of the Second World War was initially comprised of soldiers that had escaped the German invasion and had been stationed in the United Kingdom during the occupation period. read more

During Louis' reign an expeditionary force took part in the French campaigns in Germany during the War of the Fourth Coalition and the War of the Fifth Coalition, and a Dutch brigade was involved in the Peninsular War. read more

The Army of the Netherlands in the aftermath of the Second World War was initially comprised of soldiers that had escaped the German invasion and had been stationed in the United Kingdom during the occupation period. In 1945, these soldiers returned to a country that had been under totalitarian control for six years and lay in ruins. read more