The government of the Netherlands collapsed in February after the prime minister tried to keep Dutch forces in Afghanistan from returning home this year.

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In 1712, the French defeated the Allied British-Dutch forces at Denain, France, in the War of the Spanish Succession.

CNN: Thursday,

In 1976, Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, agreed to resign his positions with the Dutch armed forces and industry following severe criticism of his behavior by a commission of inquiry into a Lockheed bribery scandal.

CNN: Wednesday,

Britain has about 7, 300 soldiers in southern Afghanistan, fighting alongside U.S., Canadian, Dutch, and local Afghan forces.

CNN: Gordon Brown hails fallen troops in Afghanistan