What is Royal Netherlands East Indies Army?
'''KNIL''' is the [[abbreviation]] for a [[the Netherlands|Dutch]] [[army]]. This army was in what is now called [[Indonesia]]. The official name is '''''K'''oninklijk '''N'''ederlandsch-'''I'''ndisch '''L'''eger'' (''Royal [[Dutch East Indies]] Army'') Indonesia was a Dutch [[colony]] from 1800 to 1949. It was then called ''Nederlandsch Indië'' (Dutch East Indies). The KNIL was sent there to maintain order. When Indonesia declared itself [[Independence|independent]] in 1945, the Dutch fought a war to keep the colony. This war was won by the Indonesians. The Dutch government accepted Indonesia's independence in 1949. The KNIL ceased to exist. {{authority control}} [[Category:Armies]] [[Category:History of the Netherlands]] [[Category:1830 establishments]] [[Category:1949 disestablishments]]