Bert Sas

Dutch military attache (1882-1948) · Netherlands · On the map · Lived 1892 to 1948 · aged 56

Gijsbertus Jacobus "Bert" Sas was a Dutch military officer. He served as the Netherlands military attaché in Berlin at the time of the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 and provided some advance warning of the German attack.

Bert Sas is read about 18 times a day, in 6 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 24 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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1948Died20 October 1948Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold IIAward1946Officer of the Order of Orange-NassauAward1943Military CrossAward1938Order of the German EagleAward1931Knight of the Order of St. OlavAwardKnight of the Order of the SwordAward1928Officers' CrossAward1892Born1 August 1892

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Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold II1948

Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau1946

Military Cross1943

Order of the German Eagle1938

Knight of the Order of St. Olav1931

Knight of the Order of the Sword1931

Officers' Cross1928

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About this person

Country

Netherlands

Type

Other

Status

Deceased

Dates

Lived 1892 to 1948 · aged 56