Is the better military heritage the
Belgians! Rulers of central Africa and small-but-mighty power in a variety of European land wars!
Dutch! Sailed the great oceans, settled far Eastern colonies, and still own Aruba!
Pick one, piss off the other, and duck for cover in the comments below!
By: Brant
Dutch. Just b/c of Aruba
ReplyDelete- Mike P
The Dutchies pass, by de lef' han side....
ReplyDeleteThe Belgians have a decent miliary museum. The Dutch have coffeeshops.
ReplyDeleteAdvantage Netherlands.
During a NATO wargame, Ocean Safari 75, held in the North Atlantic, my ship was part of a carrier screen around the Independence and HMS Ark Royal.
ReplyDeleteOne of the other destroyers was Dutch, believe it may have been DeRuyter, but too long ago.
As we moved up to the Arctic Circle, a couple of subs worked on getting through the screen.
At one point, the Dutch ship got a sonar contact and vigorously prosecuted it. So much so, that the formation began to steam over the horizon, and the captain ignored constant messages of recall.
Finally, the british screen commander got on the horn. "Thank you for participating in our little exercise. Hope that you enjoy yourself. Goodbye."
I guess they made it back home, we never saw them again during the exercise.
Dutch.
ReplyDeleteBest raid on the Poms ever.