The Feared Dutch Colonial Gendarmerie: 'Korps Marechaussee te voet'

The "Korps Marechaussee te voet" was a colonial gendarmerie unit of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger or KNIL) that operated in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). It played a significant role in maintaining order, enforcing colonial rule, and conducting counter-insurgency operations during the colonial period, especially during the long-lasting Aceh War where the Dutch fought against the Aceh Sultanate for roughly for decades. History Hustle presents: The Feared Dutch Colonial Special Forces: 'Korps Marechaussee te voet'. SUPPORT ME ON PATREON ►   / historyhustler   SUPPORT ME ON PAYPAL ► https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Histo... SUBSCRIBE ►    / @historyhustle   INSTAGRAM ►   / historyhustle   FACEBOOK ►   / historyhustler   TWITTER ►   / hustlehistory   SOURCES – Emerging Memory: Photographs of Colonial Atrocity in Dutch Cultural Remembrance (Paul Bijl). – Het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger. Geschiedenis, uniformering en uitrusting, 1911-1942 (Tristan Broos). – Koloniale oorlogen in Indonesië. Vijf eeuwen verzet tegen vreemde overheersing (Piet Hagen). – Revolusi. Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld (David van Reybrouck). – A History of Modern Indonesia (Adrian Vickers). – https://www.tracesofwar.nl/articles/1... (02-08-2023). IMAGES Images from commons.wikimedia.org. VIDEO Video material from:    • Dagelijks leven in Atjeh 1936   Dagelijks leven in Atjeh 1936    • Een patrouille Marechaussee te Atjeh - 1936   Een patrouille Marechaussee te Atjeh - 1936 "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." MUSIC "Asian Drums" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Cambodian Odyssey" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... "Indore" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... SOUNDS Freesound.org. E-MAIL historyhustle[at]gmail.com