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  1. Malaya What If

    Was Hart already this defeatist before Pearl Harbour? I always thought it was the destruction of the US fleet there, the quick Japanese advance in the Philippines and his mode of retreat that caused that.
  2. What if the Japanese overthrew the Vichy French administration in Indochina shortly after occupying it?

    Was an earlier PH-attack technically possible in September? Basically for this to happen though, you need to get the Greater-Asian faction to gain the upper hand. Not sure yet what political machinations need to happen in Tokyo for that situation to exist though.
  3. What if the Japanese overthrew the Vichy French administration in Indochina shortly after occupying it?

    If Japan does this it puts itself very clearly outside the international order at a much earlier point in time. OTL the Japanese didn't declare war on the Netherlands until the end of December '41, this because they had the hope that they could 'Indochina' the DEI. If Japan decapitates...
  4. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    The next instalment will be about the KM in WWI. After that we will begin dissecting the evolution of the Dutch submarine tactics!
  5. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    Ah good one! I'm not sure about the chin though. Thanks! At times I'm wondering if it's not too in-depth but it might be the best for such a niche-subject.
  6. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2
    Threadmarks: Chapter 6: The Fleetlaw of 1914

    VI. The Fleetlaw of 1914 ‘We can do anything we want, and if the Dutch people would only start with saying that, we can look at the future with confidence.’ Hendrikus Colijn, 1912. The gamut of polemic articles in the Marineblad[1] attest to the lack of harmony, about what course the KM should...
  7. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    Thanks! At some point I discovered that I couldn't make the story work with Colijn being in Kota Rahdja but I also couldn't let all the interesting information about Hotel l'Europe go to waste. Which is when I thought of 'historical fiction' as a solution. It felt a little bit clunky writing it...
  8. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    Thanks for the compliment fellow-cheesehead! (And for the heads up on the bookmarking of course) Yeah, I'm not really happy about the title as I know that the capitalizing of words is a bit of a anglicisism. When I set up the thread I had spend a lot of time on the first post and was anxious to...
  9. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2
    Threadmarks: Chapter 5: Another Man, Another Mission

    V. Another Man, Another Mission I am a Calvinist, through upbringing and conviction[…] It has never been a characteristic of the man of the Calvinistic confession to seek his strength in sitting still or lamentingly sighing. – Hendrikus Colijn Sabang, May 1904 ‘Parrrrdon kapitein[1].’...
  10. Why didn't the Netherlands consider the US as a possible supplier of battleships?

    Thanks for the response naraic (and the others of course). Did these kind of political-economic sanctions also happen with industrialized European countries? Wouldn't choosing between the UK and Germany also mean siding politically with that country? It certainly gave that country an advantage...
  11. Why didn't the Netherlands consider the US as a possible supplier of battleships?

    While doing research for my TL (shameless plug), I noticed that when the Netherlands was planning to order battleships on the eve of the First World War, they considered British and German yards, but there is no mention of American yards. Again in 1940, when there was a plan for battlecruisers...
  12. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2
    Threadmarks: Chapter 4: Decade of the Four Ministries

    IV. Decade of the Four Ministries In the last quarter of the 19th century, the Dutch government, acknowledging that its defence of their premier colony, the East Indies, was lacking a coherent policy, formed two commission to rectify this situation. These two commissions were composed of...
  13. WI: The Seventh Crusade takes Egypt

    They are not Catholics though, and that is paramount.
  14. WI: The Seventh Crusade takes Egypt

    Really interesting! Would love to contribute but my knowledge of this period is very basic :)
  15. Dutch Republic - William III

    Both of these are probably true. By changing Jacobite England from a probable enemy to a steadfast ally Dutch survival against France was made possible, and it was a way for Willem III to upgrade his position. A quick google search is probably going to be in English instead of Dutch so that...
  16. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    Thanks for the feedback and - literally - lovely words! I was afraid that it might be a bit dull but I do agree that the background is needed to fully understand what is going to happen in the Interbellum. Thanks for reading! I also see you have delved into the subject already by reading...
  17. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2
    Threadmarks: Chapter 3: Protecting the Emerald Empire

    III. Protecting the Emerald Empire The Netherlands’ most precious jewel The 17th century is known in the Netherlands as the Golden Century and with good reason. Though the Netherlands – or the Republic of the United Provinces as it was called in that period – lacked the territorial size or...
  18. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    I know of no amphibious operation that was thwarted because of submarine attacks on the invasion force. I don't want to spoil to much but the KM considered the supply lines to be of secondary importance. All efforts should be expended to attack and destroy the invasion force. After that battle...
  19. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    True! I have some fun (though not always for those involved) ideas to counter 2 and 3 but they are indeed much later in the game, when the war has already started. I have to disagree I'm afraid. There is certainly going to be a navalistic lobby within the KM, and Furstner will have a tough job...
  20. Onderzeeboot Nekt Navalisme - Or: The Dutch Submarine Service during World War 2

    Thanks for the compliment! While the POD is pretty early, not much will change until the the 1930s. That was when the influence of Furstner really started to make a difference and turned the KM towards navalism. There were basically three big problems for a submarine-based defence of the DEI...
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