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That is only the DEI squadron. There were more units fighting the Germans and Italians. I've tried to gather up a list of all Dutch units on 10 May 1940 that were available or under construction. Commissioned: 2 Java-class light cruisers. 1 De Ruyter-class light cruiser. 2 Tromp-class light...

Agreed. This is what will give neutralists some wind and will make the smaller European countries somewhat more reluctant to permanently base troops in Germany (let alone far away in Poland). There can very well be a Soviet juggernaut poised to invade Western Europe though. Just on the other...

There will definately be a neutralist faction in Dutch post-war politics, which will argue that the Netherlands could always retreat back into the national redoubt behin the Water Line. It worked ATL so why not a second time? This will mostly be the communists and a significant minority of the...

I'm not sure I agree. @pdf27 has actually always been open to other points of view and, incase it was argued sufficiently, changed the timeline accordingly.

Indonesia was considered to be very profitable. After the liberation of the European part of the Netherlands plans to liberate/retake the East Indies were made immediately. 'Indië verloren, rampspoed geboren!' was the saying. This translates into 'Losing the Indies means gaining disaster!'...

The reason that Willem III launched the invasion was that he ensured (by bringing his army) his victory anyway. The chances of the weakened and divided English Army beating Willems force are pretty small.

Well atleast we wouldn't have those silly discussions whether it was an invasion or not ;)

If you want East Asian politicians to not 'use' Japan as boogeyman, the solution would be to not let Japan be a boogeyman. If we compare Japans situation with that of Germany, Germany doesn't have this problem. Why? Because it did it's damned best to make up for it's crimes, instead of covering...

I'm not really sure I understand what you are saying. The problem isn't that Japan gave away to much in an effort to come clean, the problem is that Japan has never really taken the effort to clean itself up.

It would help a lot if Japan would be owning up to its crimes in the way Germany has.

This was done all the time. One of the reason the Dutch torpedo boats did so abysmally against the Japanese was that their engines were second hand from retired Dornier Do J planes.

Hm I'll try to find it in the Netherlands when I got some more free time (HA! As if!). The RNN was pretty short-staffed so there might be some truth to Helfrichs claim. On the other hand, it's Helfricht so everything is possible. One of the puzzling things I've heard in the past that one of the...

The problem for the KNIL was that when the war started a lot of their orders were taken over by the Allies. When the Netherlands was conquered by Germany that didn't solve the problem as the US feared that the DEI would go the route of French Indochina. This was never an option but the colonial...

From what I've heard the aircraft carrier was actually never really scheduled to join Force Z.

I'll be interested to hear your insights from that book, seen it referenced quite a lot in other works. This might be a stupid question, but isn't a map non-lingual (if that's a word?)? I mean, does it really matter in which language it is? Or is it a metric/imperial problem?

For the Netherlands there is always Wien Neerlands Bloed which was actually the national anthem until 1932 but which was also a bit problematic: 'Whoever has Dutch blood flowing in their veins, Free of foreign blemishes'. It could very well be the anthem if the Netherlands is led by the NSB...

Very awesome update pdf! Will the commando units, aided by Dutch litoral naval and army units and a advance along the coast, try to open a supply line into Bremen and later on Hamburg? Maybe including an attack on Heligoland?

Interesting, I came with some different numbers :) Population of ATL Friesland: Ost-Friesland: 465,000 Groningen: 582,000 Friesland: 646,000 West-Friesland: 386,000 Total 2.079.000 Now your numbers for the amount of people that consider themselves Frisian could very well be correct but that...

Well that country seems like a recipe for disaster. It makes Frisians a minority in their own country. And that's not even talking about the percentage of actual cultural Frisians. Edit: Given the severe lack of issue of sons of William II and William III, is there even a cadet branch of...

Do you mean the part of Geert Wilders? Because that isn't the Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) is the party of PM Rutter. The party of Geert Wilders is called the Party for Freedom or PVV.