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  1. What if Japan attacked the Dutch East Indies in 1936?

    I remember being a bit surprised that the gunnery officer of the HrMs Java was lauded as being the best of the best, and trained his gun crews very well, while Java scored barely a hit - AFAICT - at Java Sea. Interesting to see that this isn't something that was only noticeable in the RNLN...

  2. What if Japan attacked the Dutch East Indies in 1936?

    The gunnery displayed at Java Sea was abmysal to be frank.

  3. What if Japan attacked the Dutch East Indies in 1936?

    From the late 19th century out. This was in part caused by the military weakness of the Dutch forces in the DEI. A deliberate attack was unstoppable, while a defense against a coup-de-main had some chance of succeeding, so the latter was chosen as the most likeliest scenario. In my TL (SHAMELESS...

  4. What if Japan attacked the Dutch East Indies in 1936?

    If Japan would do that, what would be the point of the occupation? Furthermore, I doubt that imperial Japan was ideologically able to make such a promise, let alone fulfill it. Ah, in that regard you mean. The range of Japanese air-units in late 1941 was amazing, I don't know if that was the...

  5. What if Japan attacked the Dutch East Indies in 1936?

    The economic interests of the UK in the DEI were immense. Lets not forget that Koninklijke Olie and Shell had fused not that long ago. I even remember a source saying that the UK trade with the DEI was larger than the Dutch trade with its own colony was! What would trigger this though? Do you...

  6. What if Japan attacked the Dutch East Indies in 1936?

    While it should be possible to construct a scenario where neither the UK or the US would intervene, these will not be the most likely, and thus it is very questionable if the Japanese would risk it. Don't forget, in WWII the Japanese government didn't know for sure that the US would contest its...

  7. Malaya What If

    And rightfully so! Keeping PH as it is would certainly not be ASB or even unrealistic, while changing it would mean a loss of focus on what this story is actually about.

  8. Malaya What If

    This is mainly through. After the Glorious Invasion though, there was a periode of several decades where the Dutch and British navies jointly operated against the French and Spanish fleets!

  9. Malaya What If

    Depth-charging Regulus does not jeopardize Japanese operations in Hawaii, nor operations in SEA. As @Butchpfd shows, it takes many hours for word to travel to the other side of the world, and even then, what does it show? Japanese forces are in an aggressive stance. Yeah, the Allies knew that...

  10. AHQ: Is a prosperous Congo possible with a 20th Century POD?

    Having read Congo: The Epic History of a People, Lumumba's government was unsurprisingly incompotentent, though honest (which is better than can be said of almost all the other leaders Congo has had).

  11. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    Haha you mean Furstner? Yeah, it's pretty weird that I dislike the personality of my protagonist isn't it? :D I might actually like Helfrich less actually! Helfrich's character is more likeable in my opinion, but the stuff he pulled as commander of the navy in the Indies -along the lines of the...

  12. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    I'm sad to say that it's not a cliffhanger! Not for the next update anyway. We still have a few more steps to go until the Second World War starts I'm afraid, if only to fully grasp the development of Dutch submarine tactics and doctrine. There will be a whole bunch of changes when the shooting...

  13. What if there was no major fleet action between the Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet in WW1?

    I would certainly agree but how was this viewed by contemporaries? To quote Nicholas Jellicoe's The Last Days of the High Seas Fleet: 'Beatty never fully agreed with these suggestions [for alternatives to the historical surrender]. [...] [H]e had written to the First Lord saying that the Royal...

  14. What if there was no major fleet action between the Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet in WW1?

    I somewhat agree with Garrison on this. However, it does leave the RN more exposed to those that claim that the days of the battleship are over. The likes of Percy Scott are certainly not pacifists, but they do want a different RN from OTL. You might see a RN with far less battleships and...

  15. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    Thanks to the both of you! My apologies for the hiatus between this update and the last. Work has been - almost literally - crazy the past month. Fortunately things have quieted down a bit recently so that leaves more room for sleep and writing. Hopefully I will be able to get into the rhythm...

  16. What if there was no major fleet action between the Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet in WW1?

    The battleship would be in big, big trouble. Basically, if the GF and HSF don't battle each other at all the submarine will be seen as the culprit, for having chased the GF to Scapa Flow.

  17. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2
    Threadmarks: Chapter 7: False Start

    VII. False Start ‘De hele vaderlandse slagvloot naar de kelder gejaagd, zonder dat het ook maar een enkel schot gelost had. Tot zinken gebracht niet door den vijand, maar door den eigen volksvertegenwoordiging. Sinds Pichegru’s ruiters had den Marine geen schandelijkere nederlaag gesmaakt.’...

  18. Mandate of Syria and the Lebanon joins Free France in 1940

    That and the fact that they were (semi-) Fascists.

  19. Dutch army adopt Finnish small arms in late thirties

    Two different procurement paths actually, as the Dutch army and the KNIL were two totally different entities. This could also mean that the KNIL never adopts the Finnish small arms. With regards to the significance, I agree that, in the greater scheme of things, small arms usually have small...

  20. Malaya What If

    AFAIK Plan Orange did stipulate the Asiatic Fleet to evacuate once its part in the defense of the Philipines was untenable. It did not specify where to. I don't critisize OTL Hart for his decision to retreat the Asiatic Fleet towards the south, hell I don't even critisize OTL for his wish to...
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