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Klaas Meijer

@klaasm67.bsky.social

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Spokesman Netherlands Ministry of Defence, historian, veteran. #WW1 #WW2 #coldwarhist #Urbex #F1 - My posts are my own. See: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAyc-IIUdZO38VHAEIrY8DQ

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Nov 19

"I see that you have made three spelling mistakes." Last words of Marquis de Favras after reading his death sentence before being hanged (1790).

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Sep 18

@wespenvriend.nl @aglaia.bsky.social Help! Er zit een wespennest onder het fundament van het huis. We hadden er geen last van. Maar nu ineens zit de gang vol met wespen die een versufte indruk maken. Wat te doen? Een vlammenwerper heb ik niet.

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 22

Nou, het is nog best gezellig op X. Gewoon veel blokken en leuke bubble creëeren. Zie ook weer mensen terugkomen.

Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 21

@hilbrandie.bsky.social kom terug. www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...

Bluesky is dying

Bluesky was invented to create a nicer space than Twitter. The problem is that too few people have joined and most are smug and boring.

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 20

Yes, but not in English.

Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 20

Meneer Smits heeft betere ontworpen.

Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 20

Finished Jan Meyers’ biography of Dutch fascist leader Anton Mussert. He’s portrayed as a petty-bourgeois nationalist who envisioned a fascist Dutch state alongside Hitler’s Germany. The book details his rivalry with the SS, who pushed for full annexation by the Reich.

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 19

Mij spreekt het van stal halen van een oud regiment meer aan.

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 19

No, we will create a whole battalion now.

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 19

Yes

Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 19

Stunning! The Dutch Army has named its new tank regiment after Princess Amalia — a tribute to our future queen and a proud symbol of national strength and tradition.

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

Mocht de fietshelm ooit verplicht worden in Nederland, dan draag ik dit.

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

Have mercy…

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

And sugar…

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

After the battle at Waterloo teeth were taken from the dead and used in dentures. English dentists were advertising these as Waterloo ivory. The bones of the fallen were dug up, ground down, and spread across fields as fertilizer. #Waterloo210

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

The construction of the Lion’s Mound at Waterloo was ordered in 1820 by Dutch King Willem I in honour of his son. It was erected on the spot where the Prince of Orange was wounded during the battle. #Waterloo210

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

This happened in France right after I made a joke about Napoleon.
#Waterloo210

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

“By God, sir, I’ve lost my leg!”
“By God, sir, so you have!"
Exchange between Lord Uxbridge and the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo on this day in 1815. #Waterloo210

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

The Dutch battery of Krahmer de Bichin at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Waterloo was the biggest battle ever fought on (former) Dutch territory. Painting by Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. #Waterloo210

Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

Old Dutch veterans of the battle of Waterloo (1815) with their Prince of Orange ("the hero of Waterloo") 1875. #Waterloo210

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

"But for the heroic determination of the Prince of Orange, - I would have taken the English army in flagrante delicto." Napoleon on Waterloo (1815). #Waterloo210

Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 18

On this day in 1815 French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte finally met his Waterloo. More than 30.000 Dutch soldiers took part in the fight. #Waterloo210

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 17

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 17

That’s great!

Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 17

“De Laatste Tank” Hij die vanavond Andere Tijden gaat kijken groet u! anderetijden.nl/aflevering/1...

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Klaas Meijer @klaasm67.bsky.social · Jun 16

Timing!