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The Japanese Navy and Marine Infantry and maybe some Army elements launch a multi-pronged invasion of the DEI to occupy the whole territory and secure its resources and to keep the Navy busy since its already completed the blockade of China.

The Japanese operation to occupy the eastern DEI proceeds from forward bases in the Japanese mandated islands of Micronesia, and the operation to occupy the western DEI proceeds from Hainan island to Borneo, with later invasions of Sumatra and Java launched from bases seized in Borneo.

Do they beat the Dutch and occupy the DEI?

Do the British, French, Americans or Soviets declare war on them over it? [at the time, both Japan and the Netherlands were neutrals relative to the war in Europe.] Why or why not.

Do the Australian or Indian governments allow their troops to be used outside of the Indo-Pacific theater after an event like this? If not, where do the British source the the units to replace them in the Middle East and Egypt?
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