4th player >>>>>> Dutch East Indies Defenders

[!ACHTUNG!]

Dutch Ally $11 in territories maybe a few Infantry and a couple of ships? What do you think??

[Gargantua]

Why not roll a die for them, in the combined AA40 Version too. Like world at war, To see if thier puppet government will force thier colonial troops to join Axis/Allied powers! Or be scuttled.

[ShadowHAwk]

Because all dutch troops joined the allies during the war. Only french troops where devided between 2 sides.

[oztea]

There is no industry on any pacific dutch territores
thats why it doesnt let you build ICs on them, it would take years to industrialize such rugged terrain

No dutch, whatever dutch are there are represented by a national control marker (~>500 troops)

[democratic leader]

The only DEI forces in the real world was sent to Europe after Poaland, did not make it, a got sunk by a German raider.

[thenorthman]

The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; KNIL) was the army of the Netherlands in its former colony of the Netherlands East Indies (also known as the Dutch East Indies, and later known as Indonesia). Along with the Royal Netherlands Navy, it comprised the Dutch armed forces in the Netherlands East Indies.
History

The KNIL was the main defense against the Japanese invading the Netherlands East Indies during World War II. Dutch forces had been severely weakened by the defeat and occupation of the Netherlands itself, by Nazi Germany, in 1940. Nevertheless, at the start of the Pacific War, in December 1941, Dutch forces in Indonesia numbered around 85,000 troops, a combination of European and indigenous regular soldiers, locally organised militia, territorial guard units and civilian volunteers. The KNIL air force, Militaire Luchtvaart KNIL (ML-KNIL) numbered 389 planes of all types, but was largely outclassed by superior Japanese planes. The Royal Netherlands Navy Air Service, or MLD, also had significant forces in the NEI.

Source http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army

So while there was a force I do not think it was close to the size of the Japanese 16th Army which was the force sent to Dutch East Indies.  SO all in all no force.  Not trying to diminish those who did serve their just saying what they were up against....

Sean

[james_88]

Yet on the game board they are represented by nothing at all, 85,000 troops should be at least 1or 2 inf units. a plane and a destroyer at least. And would these units fight a british invasion or join the britts when they came?