Draft:Piet Touw

Birth name	Petrus Dirk Touw
Born	11 July 1917; Groningen, Netherlands
Died	10 May 1940 (aged 22); Buggenum, Netherlands
Buried	Maasniel
Allegiance	Netherlands
Service / branch	Korps Politietroepen (Military Police Corps)
Rank	Corporal
Battles	German invasion of the Netherlands
Awards	Bronze Cross (posthumously)

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Instructions · What links here · Piet Touw (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 10 days ago by 95.98.65.177 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

Petrus Dirk "Piet" Touw (11 July 1917 – 10 May 1940) was a Dutch corporal in the Korps Politietroepen [nl], a military police unit. He is considered to be the first Dutch military casualty during the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940 at the outset of the Second World War.^[1] Touw was killed during an armed confrontation with German soldiers at the Buggenum railway bridge [nl] in the early morning of 10 May 1940.^[2]

^ "Piet Touw was the first Dutchman to fall on 10 May 1940". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2025-05-04. Retrieved 2025-05-04.
^ "Petrus Dirk Touw". Oorlogsgravenstichting (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-05-04.

[:0-1] "Piet Touw was the first Dutchman to fall on 10 May 1940". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2025-05-04. Retrieved 2025-05-04.

[2] "Petrus Dirk Touw". Oorlogsgravenstichting (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-05-04.

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