The allies did meet with Dutch leaders, but the Dutch remained neutral in the war. Another thing is the Sicily and Italy campaign took a lot of resources and man power. They couldn't move all of their forces from that area, or else the Germans would have steamed rolled everything they had conquered.
In short, Johan De Witt, the Dutch prime minister was so widely hated, made worse when the French invaded and overran the country in 1672, that a Dutch mob had had enough of him. So they arrested him, killed him and ate him. Yes ate him. Is this true?
The power shift within the Lowlands and in fact the power shift within the entire North Sea trading zone has always fascinated me. Antwerp, the centre of trade dominated the region for a long time, but was eventually overshadowed by Amsterdam. There are many historians, Dutch among them, who...
The Sack of Antwerp 1576 - The Rise of the Dutch Republic
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