Dutch invasions of Brazil

Dutch invasions of Brazil
	Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War
	; The Battle of Guararapes
Date	1624–1654
Location	Northeastern Brazil
Result	Treaty of The Hague (1661)
Belligerents
Portugal State of Brazil;	Dutch Republic West India Company;
Commanders and leaders
F. de Mascarenhas; M. de Albuquerque; Salvador de Sá; F. de Meneses; André de Negreiros; Henrique Dias; Filipe Camarão; João F. Vieira; A. de Meneses;	Maurice of Nassau; Jacob Willekens; Piet Hein; Jan Lichthart; S. van Schkoppe;

The Dutch invasions in Brazil, ordered by the Dutch West India Company (WIC), occurred during the 17th century.

Considered the biggest political-military conflict in the colony, the invasions were centered on the control of sugar and slave supply sources. Although they were concentrated in the Northeast, they were not just a regional episode. There were two interconnected, albeit distant, fronts: Brazil and Africa.

The resistance was characterized by a financial and military effort based on local and external resources. The funds raised in the colony accounted for two thirds of the expenditure between 1630 and 1637, with mostly European troops, and almost all of the expenditure between 1644 and 1654, with soldiers mainly from Pernambuco.

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