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http://www.combinedfleet.com/Oil.htm I think the answer for this question could very well be found at this page!

Mahan was very popular within the KM and segments of politics. Yes they did, with that mostly concerning the Chinese in the period after the Chinese Revolution, and the Japanese after WWI. Of course they could lie, but it would be very clear that they would be. The military didn't feel they...

I remember being a bit surprised that the gunnery officer of the HrMs Java was lauded as being the best of the best, and trained his gun crews very well, while Java scored barely a hit - AFAICT - at Java Sea. Interesting to see that this isn't something that was only noticeable in the RNLN...

The gunnery displayed at Java Sea was abmysal to be frank.

From the late 19th century out. This was in part caused by the military weakness of the Dutch forces in the DEI. A deliberate attack was unstoppable, while a defense against a coup-de-main had some chance of succeeding, so the latter was chosen as the most likeliest scenario. In my TL (SHAMELESS...

If Japan would do that, what would be the point of the occupation? Furthermore, I doubt that imperial Japan was ideologically able to make such a promise, let alone fulfill it. Ah, in that regard you mean. The range of Japanese air-units in late 1941 was amazing, I don't know if that was the...

The economic interests of the UK in the DEI were immense. Lets not forget that Koninklijke Olie and Shell had fused not that long ago. I even remember a source saying that the UK trade with the DEI was larger than the Dutch trade with its own colony was! What would trigger this though? Do you...

While it should be possible to construct a scenario where neither the UK or the US would intervene, these will not be the most likely, and thus it is very questionable if the Japanese would risk it. Don't forget, in WWII the Japanese government didn't know for sure that the US would contest its...

And rightfully so! Keeping PH as it is would certainly not be ASB or even unrealistic, while changing it would mean a loss of focus on what this story is actually about.

This is mainly through. After the Glorious Invasion though, there was a periode of several decades where the Dutch and British navies jointly operated against the French and Spanish fleets!

Depth-charging Regulus does not jeopardize Japanese operations in Hawaii, nor operations in SEA. As @Butchpfd shows, it takes many hours for word to travel to the other side of the world, and even then, what does it show? Japanese forces are in an aggressive stance. Yeah, the Allies knew that...

Having read Congo: The Epic History of a People, Lumumba's government was unsurprisingly incompotentent, though honest (which is better than can be said of almost all the other leaders Congo has had).

Haha you mean Furstner? Yeah, it's pretty weird that I dislike the personality of my protagonist isn't it? :D I might actually like Helfrich less actually! Helfrich's character is more likeable in my opinion, but the stuff he pulled as commander of the navy in the Indies -along the lines of the...

I'm sad to say that it's not a cliffhanger! Not for the next update anyway. We still have a few more steps to go until the Second World War starts I'm afraid, if only to fully grasp the development of Dutch submarine tactics and doctrine. There will be a whole bunch of changes when the shooting...