Editing Overijssel (section)

===Overijssel===
At first organised into its own ''[[Overijssel (département)|département]]'', it was merged with [[Drenthe]] in 1798 to form [[Ouden IJssel]], which was renamed Overijssel in 1801.

The French annexed the Batavian Republic in 1810, and Overijssel was organised into the new French département of [[Bouches-de-l'Yssel]]. After the defeat of [[Napoleon]] in 1814, the kingdom of the Netherlands and the former province of Overijssel were recreated.

Overijssel was occupied by [[Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]] from May 1940 until its liberation in April 1945. The [[Noordoostpolder]], a [[land reclamation|reclaimed]] territory which had been laid dry in 1942, was part of Overijssel from 1962 until 1986, when it became part of the newly created province of [[Flevoland]].