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Legally, the Netherlands wouldn't have a position. Luxembourg was the fief of the Grand-Duke, which just happened to be the King of the Netherlands as well. The Dutch monarchy had lost most of it's power 18 years previously.

Which is why this is a wank :) I realise that a Allied victory at Java Sea is quite improbable but I do think that with the changes I proposed it is not impossible. I'm mostly interested in what would be the immediate aftermath. I have read sources that said that Japanese were not as gun-ho in...

True. This is not unlike OTL though. It is also very likely that a follow up invasion takes Java anyway. Actually, if the invasion continues it might even be succesful. The question is, does it continue? Knock-on effects are guarenteed anyway though, as the invasion force isn't available for...

On the 27th of February the destruction of the Allied fleet at Java Sea sealed the fate of Java and with that the Dutch East Indies. Although this Combined Striking Force was under orders to 'continue to strike on the enemy until it was destroyed', it's story was one of the forboded death. The...

IIRC he captured a Japanese encryption device. There were two problems though. The first was that the encrypted messages were already being decrypted by US intelligence. This you can't really blame the guy. What you can blame him though, is that he made the capture of the device obvious to the...

Thinking about it, this might be something that can be done in the (near) future. You don't need to move a ton of papers, people can just move their electronic devices and themselves. One could have different sessions of parliament in different parts of the country to avoid a focus on the...

The EU parliament moves between Strasbourg and Brussels. It's not very popular.

I can imagine that the Dutch Army holds the Germans at bay at the Water Line. Most likely outcome actually. Big question is if the need to cover the Dutch is ouweighted by the German advance being helped by moving through Limburg.

The attack is right at the start of the conflict? The only thing I can see is some movement into German New Guinea. It would be usefull if the Netherlands could get some Pacific islands, if only because that would mean that Japan wouldn't get them. It's questionable if the KNIL/KM would be able...

Well could be more, could be less. It doesn't *really* matter most probably, as it didn't work OTL either. It wasn't until the 1960s that pillarization really started dying. The Breakthrough-idea (breaking through the different pillars that is) was popular during and immediately after the war...

I'd say OKish more than decent. Willem brought his crack units and has the intiative. If James II wins anyway, that will pave the way for absolutism. Also expect the Republic to be in a bunch of trouble if it's incapable of extracting the defeated army from Britain.

Which would be catastrophic because? They will still be without power.

Thing is, if the Taskforce is repulsed with heavy loses, that will bode ill for the Tatcher government. The Conservative and Unionist Party might have been willing to go all the way for the Falklands but will they be in charge after Tatcher goes? Will Labour go all the way? Will the British...

1918 after a successful ''Troelstra's Revolution".

The prison transports seem to be like OTL, maybe with larger numbers.

I assume this means option 1 instead of quotation-troubles? :) With the hold Furstner had on the KM, this is not unlogical. He might not get the position of Minister of the Navy in this TL though. Anwyay, at least there will still be 17 submarines that can do some good. Ah yes, forget about...

Before you start digging into historical data, don't forget there was a alternate deal between the DEI and Japan in this timeline :)

I agree that the bonds between the Entente and the Netherlands are much tighter than OTL. There will not be a policy of 'Allied in Europe, Neutral in Asia' in this timeline. Given the trade-relationship between the Netherlands and Japan the Japanese might think/hope otherwise though.

Once the war in Europe is over I could see quite a few volunteers/mercenaries joining the KMT.

To expand on this: With the Southern Chinese Sea pretty much blocked by the MN and RN, the IJN might decide to launch a counter-clockwise invasion. So, instead of starting by invading French Indochina or Malaya, the invasion will culminate there and start in the eastern part of the Dutch East...