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The Republic was at it's heart very anti-expansionist. They basically refused to expand to the Southern Netherlands, let alone a place like Norway.

I think @ObssesedNuker has a few interesting things to say about the US nuclear capabilities in this period.

Alot depends on the situation in Europe. Do the Allies have to concern themselves with a belligerent Germany or Italy? Whatever be, the Allies have alot more pieces on the Asian board. Even if, and again that is a big IF, the French cannot go all in for Indochina and are only able to somewhat...

Indochina was not a problem OTL. It is ATL. Firstly because it will not be in Japanese hands when they make their move. Secondly because France will be to reinforce it with land, air and naval units without a European war. OTL yes. This is ATL though. The landings will not be in Thailand as...

The keyword is 'future'. In 1940 the next step would be an embargo, in 1941 that step had already been taken. In 1940 there was also an election on the way. Besides that, even in OTL it was only days before Pearl Harbor that the US guaranteed the integrity of the European possessions in Asia. In...

@McPherson how is Japan going to invade Malaya without controlling French Indochina first? And if they invade French Indochina first, how in hell are they going to capture a prepared Malaya? Sure, OTL's Malaya command was a shambles of epic proportions. ATL this is most probably far less the...

An August 41 scenario is widely different from a August 40 scenario. By that point the conflict between Japan and the West had escalated to such an extent that they couldn't risk NOT attacking the US when going south.

I agree with practically everything you have said. Problem is that the British hands are, quite literally, tied east of Suez.

Alot will depend on the way it all goes down. If the DEI folds without a fight it will only take the Japanese a week to take over the colony. There will not be any time for the Commonwealth to react. Maybe they could try to take the tip of Sumatra in an attempt to secure the approach to...

And yet time and time again the British government refused to guarentee the territorial guarentee of the Dutch East Indies, supported in that by the Royal Navy who realised it could not spare sufficient forces to defend it.

I see that several people mention a alliance between the Netherlands and the UK. There was none. Not in Asia anyway. The UK wouldn't/couldn't guarentee the integrity of the Dutch East Indies without a similair guarentee from the United States. Because of this the Dutch government, or rather the...

Correct, when concerning the western part of the Dutch East Indies and Malaya. Technically a western pincer could be a possibility but I doubt that the IJN would risk running the British gauntlet that is the South China Sea. An eastern pincer launched from Palau is much more viable though.

If the IJN goes for a coup de main (pretty probable as they must take the DEI as switfly as possible) there is a good chance the Koninklijke Marine, and specifically the submarine arm, will be able to seriously harm the initial invasion force. This is what the RNLN had been build for during the...

What is your measurement of success?

Cool PoD! I do have to wonder about Bulgaria though. In this scenario they would have to trade acces to the Med for landlocked Macedonia. I can imagine that they put a premium on uniting with their kin but it still sounds like a pretty bad deal.

His popularity skyrockets.

It is true that Wilhelmina had to be convinced to leave The Hague but it wasn't done by force. They did tell her that she was being moved to the province of Zeeland though. Only after the ship had left the port was the plan changed to move to London. Personally I think that had been the plan all...

You send pdf a PM, donate to his charity and you get a PDF of the frist part of the TL.

There used to be a member who did nothing but like every single post in threads. He got banned in the end.

The Netherlands and Belgium were militarily crushed and their countries were occupied by the Germans. It can't really get worse can it?