Adriaan Quirinus Hendrik Dijxhoorn | |
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Born | September 10, 1889 |
Died | January 22, 1953 | (aged 63)
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Place of death | De Steeg, Netherlands |
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Service/branch | Royal Netherlands Army |
Battles/wars | Battle of the Netherlands |
Adriaan Quirinus Hendrik Dijxhoorn (Rotterdam, 10 September 1889 – De Steeg, 22 January 1953) was a Dutch military commander as well as the Dutch secretary of Defense at the beginning of the Battle of the Netherlands. He had a row with commander Izaak H. Reijnders; after the latter retired he appointed the retired general Henri Winkelman. After the Dutch surrender, he went to London to join the Queen and her government.
References[]
de Jong, Lou. Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog (The Hague, 1969).
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