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HOLLAND

From Germany we went to Holland, going direct from Berlin to The Hague. After reporting to the Embassy, we called on the Minister of Defense (in Holland the War and Navy Departments have been combined under a single head) and on other officials. We proceeded to inspect the municipal airdrome at Rotterdam on the day of our arrival. 
  Holland is such a small country that it can not take the offensive against any of its neighbors. Her military problem resolves itself, essentially, into providing for defense in case of invasion. Her organization consists of a navy of small craft for policing the coast, submarines, and a system for inundating various parts of the country to prevent invasion on the ground, which is easily done by breaching some of the large canals. The inundated areas also form an obstacle in front of positions which are prepared for defense. These consist of permanent forts and connecting works of various kinds. The army, a universal service one requiring six months' service, is designed to garrison and defend the forts. 

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