Alternate Royal Dutch Navy .

The timeline has for me jump the shark with the Netherlands declaring war on Japan, the Netherlands government never ever would do that because they new they would lose.

Actually IOTL they did just that wikipedia on the article on the Dutch East Indies campaign says "On 8 December 1941, in a public proclamation, the Netherlands declared war on Japan.[21] By 7:00 a.m."
So I am just elaborating on the events of OTL
Plus the thinking ITTL is that war is coming anyway .So hit them as hard as you can first so they will not be able to hit you as hard when they hit second .
 
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Actually IOTL they did just that wikipedia on the article on the Dutch East Indies campaign says "On 8 December 1941, in a public proclamation, the Netherlands declared war on Japan.[21] By 7:00 a.m."
So I am just elaborating on the events of OTL
Plus the thinking ITTL is that war is coming anyway .So hit them as hard as you can first so they will not be able to hit you as hard when they hit second .

Still it is in my view to much of ASB you are now playing with, the Royal Netherlands Navy could not counter the Japanese Imperial Navy even with the new ships they had in this timeline, second you say that Admiral Karl Doorman command the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Netherlands east indies but it was Luitenant-Admiraal Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich who was his who was in command of all forces in the Netherlands East Indies and also later of American-British-Dutch-Australian naval forces in the Pacific, third the British would never give up command to the Netherlands nor would the Americans, they only gave up command of ABDACOM after rapid collapse of Allied resistance to Japanese attacks.
 
Still it is in my view to much of ASB you are now playing with, the Royal Netherlands Navy could not counter the Japanese Imperial Navy even with the new ships they had in this timeline, second you say that Admiral Karl Doorman command the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Netherlands east indies but it was Luitenant-Admiraal Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich who was his who was in command of all forces in the Netherlands East Indies and also later of American-British-Dutch-Australian naval forces in the Pacific, third the British would never give up command to the Netherlands nor would the Americans, they only gave up command of ABDACOM after rapid collapse of Allied resistance to Japanese attacks.

I realized all that after I had written the post .I would go back and change it but would need to redo to many posts .
I am thinking about finishing the TL soon and maybe revisiting it later with a better developed plot and much more research .
 
I realized all that after I had written the post .I would go back and change it but would need to redo to many posts .
I am thinking about finishing the TL soon and maybe revisiting it later with a better developed plot and much more research .

Well you now where to find me for help.
 
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