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I was wondering, what could be done differently by the Dutch in Interwar period and before Japanese attack, to make Japanese conquest of DEI longer and costlier? I tried searching online, but I have not had much success. They did have some decent submarines, some good ideas how to use them...

Let's say that the Battle for The Hague leads to the Dutch government (and royal family) being captured by the Germans before they could flee for Britain. What happens next with a "Vichy" Netherlands? Could the Nazis tell the Dutch government to hand over the Dutch East Indies to Japan (or at...