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Was it possible that Japan could've just moved on the East Indies after The Netherlands fell, as quickly as they did Indochina after the Fall of France?
Seems to me that would've made more strategic sense in the long run
Interesting.
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Was it possible that Japan could've just moved on the East Indies after The Netherlands fell, as quickly as they did Indochina after the Fall of France?
Seems to me that would've made more strategic sense in the long run
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Was it possible that Japan could've just moved on the East Indies after The Netherlands fell, as quickly as they did Indochina after the Fall of France?
Seems to me that would've made more strategic sense in the long run
To my knowledge, the Netherlands were ruled directly be Germany. If instead there was a pro German Dutch government in the Netherlands, the Germans could have pressured them to invite the Japanese in to help maintain law and order.
Would this have make it possible for the Japanese to take control of the DEI?
Other than the fire fights and bombing that occurred between 22 and 26 September 1940 and the border incursion on 6 September 1940...Also, Vichy France allowed the Japanese in, it wasn't really a invasion, exactly.