Author: DORREN, C.J.O.,
Title: Onze Mariniersbrigade (1945-1949). Een veelbewogen episode in de Korpsgeschiedenis. Orig. edn.
Description: 's-Gravenhage, Ad. M.C. Stok, Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij, s.d. [circa], 1955. Orig. cloth, large gilt tooled Marine-corps coat-of-arms tooled on front boards, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket. Hftitle (verso blank). 368pp. Many text-ills. after field-photographs, many portrs. of plates (:) decorated officers, subaltern officers and men, incl. name-list of men killed in adction, 5 fold. terrain-maps with legenda, over 50 terrain-sketch-maps, full-page and in text, tables in text and full-page, with Bijlagen (appendices) (:) name-lists, Brigade-strength, list of pamphlets distrubuted to local population distributed by air, list of military material used, extensive list of decorations awarded, tables of military actions, &c.., &c.. Orig. publisher's subscription form loosely inserted. A complete and well-documented review of the military actions of the Royal Dutch Marine Corps on Java, during the armed dutch-indonesian dispute, 1945-1949. A very good copy. Scarce.

Keywords: militaria royal dutch marines operations review merdeka dispute colonialism java indonesia southeast asia