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Military deployments Netherlands, in 6 editions.
The entry for Netherlands published Military deployments in 6 editions of 36, from 2020 to 2025. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Military deployments in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 5
- the first edition with it
- 2020
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Military deployments” (2020 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Rewritten since 2024- 160 Afghanistan (NATO); 270 Lithuania (NATO) (2020)
160 Afghanistan (NATO); 270 Lithuania (NATO) (2020)
- 270 Lithuania (NATO) (2021)
160 Afghanistan (NATO); 270 Lithuania (NATO) (2020) (2021)
- 270 Lithuania (NATO); 125 Slovakia (NATO) (2022)
note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including the Netherlands, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
Rewritten: too little of the 2021 text remains to mark the changes.
270 Lithuania (NATO); 125 Slovakia (NATO) (2022)
note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including the Netherlands, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
- 350 Lithuania (NATO); 200 Romania (NATO) (2023)
note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including the Netherlands, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
270 350 Lithuania (NATO); 125 Slovakia 200 Romania (NATO) (2022) (2023)
note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including the Netherlands, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
- 350 Lithuania (NATO); 200 Romania (NATO) (2024)
note: as of 2024, the Dutch military had close to 1,000 total military personnel deployed abroad
Rewritten: too little of the 2023 text remains to mark the changes.
350 Lithuania (NATO); 200 Romania (NATO) (2024)
note: as of 2024, the Dutch military had close to 1,000 total military personnel deployed abroad
- 350 Lithuania (NATO);
- 150 Romania (NATO);
- approximately 800 deployed to Dutch territories in the Caribbean (2025)
note: the Netherlands contributes naval assets to support freedom of the sea missions in such places as the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz; it also assists with monitoring the airspace of the eastern flank of NATO territory by means of fighter aircraft and provides some ground personnel to a variety of other NATO, UN, and EU security missions
Rewritten: too little of the 2024 text remains to mark the changes.
350 Lithuania (NATO); 150 Romania (NATO); approximately 800 deployed to Dutch territories in the Caribbean (2025)
note: the Netherlands contributes naval assets to support freedom of the sea missions in such places as the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz; it also assists with monitoring the airspace of the eastern flank of NATO territory by means of fighter aircraft and provides some ground personnel to a variety of other NATO, UN, and EU security missions
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Netherlands: Military deployments.” The World Factbook, 2020–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/netherlands/military-deployments.