Topic summary
Netherlands East Indies
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Dutch East Indies.
Armed forces
The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) and its air arm, the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (ML-KNIL), were established in 1814 and 1915, respectively. Naval forces of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN), such as the Dutch East Indies Squadron, were based in Surabaya, supplemented by the colonial Government Navy and Indies Military Navy.