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    The Dutch Waterline (Dutch: Hollandsche Waterlinie, modern spelling: Hollandse Waterlinie) was a series of water-based defences conceived by Maurice of...
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    fortified town had become obsolete. The fortifications of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie were moved east of Utrecht. The town walls could now be demolished...
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    (Grebbelinie) IJssel Line (IJssellinie) New Hollandic Line (Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie) Defence Line of Amsterdam (Stelling van Amsterdam) Stelling...
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  • manner. This partnership will develop the defence lines of "Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie" (Utrecht), the east coast of the UK (Essex) and "Vesting Antwerpen"...
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  • serious land erosion and desertification threatening Australia. Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie Master Plan, 2000 A 25-year master plan to unite a 100 kilometer-long...
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    home to 1,784 people. The former Fort de Nieuwe Steeg was built in 1878 as part of the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie [nl], a line of defence to protect Holland...
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    lost. But on 12 May 1940 the Dutch soldiers retreated to the Nieuwe Hollandse Waterlinie. And on 15 May, the Netherlands surrendered. This fast capitulation...
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