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The famine, and WW2 in general,had a huge impact in culture. The Netherlands had been a quiet little village for centuries. It managed to remain neutral in WW1
by Feniks 9y ago
The famine, and WW2 in general,had a huge impact in culture.
The Netherlands had been a quiet little village for centuries. It managed to remain neutral in WW1. After the war the Netherlands was one of the countries that pushed relentlessly for both the European Union and NATO.
- Freak_NL 9y ago> The Netherlands had been a quiet little village for centuries. You must be thinking of another country. A lot can be said about the Netherlands and its predecessors, but it was not a 'quiet little village'. From dominating maritime trade, to waging (a lot of) wars with England, Spain, and France, and its many achievements in science; the past half millennium was quite eventful.
- gaius 9y agoThe Netherlands had been a quiet little village for centuries. The Dutch East India company would say otherwise! The Netherlands were one of the serious seagoing powers, along with England, France and Spain