Adriaan Dijxhoorn Military person

Adriaan Quirinus Hendrik Dijxhoorn (10 September 1889 – 22 January 1953) was a Dutch military commander as well as the Dutch secretary of Defense at the beginning of the Battle of the Netherlands. He had a row with commander Izaak H. Reijnders; after the latter retired he appointed the retired general Henri Winkelman. After the Dutch surrender, he went to London to join the Queen and her government.

Personal facts

Birth dateSeptember 10, 1889
Birth place
Netherlands , Rotterdam
Date of deathJanuary 22, 1953
Place of death
Netherlands , De Steeg

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Military person

allegianceNetherlands
military operations
Battle of the Netherlands
military branch
Royal Netherlands Army

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External resources

  1. http://www.inghist.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/lemmata/bwn3/dijxhoorn