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    Leidschenveen-Ypenburg (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛitsə(ɱ)ˌveːn ˈipə(m)ˌbʏr(ə)x]) is a Vinex-location and district of The Hague, located in the southeast...
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    Ypenburg Airport (Dutch: Vliegveld Ypenburg), which later became Ypenburg Air Base was an airport in the Netherlands in Leidschenveen-Ypenburg near the...
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    country from the direction of the North Sea; attacking the airfields at Ypenburg, Ockenburg and Valkenburg to weaken potential Dutch defenses; and taking...
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    are significantly poorer, except the Vinex-locations of Leidschenveen-Ypenburg and Wateringse Veld. This division is reflected in the local accent: The...
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    of the major air-force bases of Ypenburg, near the Hague, and Schiphol, near Amsterdam. The first six cars at Ypenburg were involved in heavy fighting...
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    Air Defense Battery The 13 Air Defence Battery 'Ypenburg' (Dutch: 13 Luchtverdedigingsbatterij 'Ypenburg') consists of the AGBADS, UDIS and Stinger units...
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    were able to capture airfields at Valkenburg, Ockenburg, Waalhaven, and Ypenburg. Yet, the Germans failed to capture The Hague and force the Dutch to surrender...
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    Katwijk (Valkenburg airfield), The Hague (Duindigt horse race course and Ypenburg airfield), Rotterdam (Waalhaven airfield and Kralingse Plas) and Gouda...
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    Den Haag Ypenburg is a railway station in the Leidschenveen-Ypenburg district of The Hague, Netherlands. It opened on 11 December 2005. It is situated...
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    built-up. The last major development is the new Ypenburg neighbourhood, built on the lands of the former Ypenburg Airfield but this part of Rijswijk was annexed...
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    Netherlands in 1945. Allied reconnaissance detected two sites at Vlaardingen and Ypenburg, and along with a third at Delft, they launched 274 V-1s at London from...
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    by the Luftwaffe, the Battle for The Hague, failed. Airfields around (Ypenburg, Ockenburg and Valkenburg) were captured in a costly success, with many...
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    the Dutch government in The Hague and the key airfields at Ockenburg and Ypenburg, was defeated by Dutch ground forces with heavy casualties. The Dutch succeeded...
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    is the national forensics institute of the Netherlands, located in the Ypenburg quarter of The Hague. It is an autonomous division of the Dutch Ministry...
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    institutions such as the International Criminal Court. With the closure of nearby Ypenburg Airport in 1992 and Valkenburg Naval Air Base in 2006, Rotterdam The Hague...
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    hijackers while Dutch anti-terrorist forces stormed the train. In 1992 Ypenburg Air Base closed. After the USAF handed over their section of Soesterberg...
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    Binnenhof - Rijswijk via Wateringen. N5 Centrum Binnenhof - Delft via Ypenburg and Nootdorp; in Nootdorp connection with line B10 of the Rotterdam nightservice...
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    Prison, to security officer, Lieutenant Van Dijk acting under the orders of D.G. Baber, RAF security officer, Ypenburg, the Netherlands, c. April–May 1946...
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    Felipe González (right) arriving at Ypenburg Airport with Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1985...
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    Jacob Gilles (ca. 1691 or 1692 in Kollum – 10 September 1765 in Ypenburg manor near Rijswijk) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 23 September 1746 to...
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    West German Navy Sikorsky H-34G and Royal Danish Air Force Sikorsky S-61A at Ypenburg air base, the Netherlands, 1970...
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    existed within the regiment since 2007. Honours Tiendaagse Veldtocht 1831 Ypenburg en Ockenburg 1940 West-Java 1946 - 1949 East Java 1947 - 1949 Sangin 2007...
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    positioned at the main ports and airbases, such as The Hague airfield of Ypenburg and the Rotterdam airfield of Waalhaven. These were reinforced by additional...
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    13th Air Defense Battery 13th Air Defense Battery "Ypenburg" (13 Luchtverdedigingsbatterij Ypenburg) 2x NASAMS Platoon (NASAMS-peloton), with NASAMS 2...
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    directly landed in hostile territory to deploy assault troops, such as at Ypenburg Airport, on public highways around The Hague, and on the River Meuse (the...
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    the postwar era and used to equip the Dutch National Flying School at Ypenburg. These aircraft were required by the Dutch civil aviation authorities to...
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    Another example was the German Brandenburgers' glider borne operation at Ypenburg during World War Two. In 1946, U.S. Marine General Roy S. Geiger observed...
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    Benoordenhout Haagse Bos Mariahoeve Bezuidenhout Leidschenveen-Ypenburg 48,273 1,561.0 1,416.6 34.2 4 subdistricts Hoornwijck Ypenburg Forepark Leidschenveen...
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  • located in the Statistics Netherlands (CBS) building in the Leidschenveen-Ypenburg district of The Hague, in the Netherlands. The ISI does not disclose its...
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    by The Hague in 2002 and now falls under the district of Leidschenveen-Ypenburg. Since 2007, Forepark is home to Cars Jeans Stadion, the home stadium of...
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