Why Were the Dutch so Ineffective against Japan in Indonesia during WW2?
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as posted by the channelEarly 1942 the Dutch East Indies Campaign started. In a few month the Japanese conquered the Dutch East Indies. The KNIL (Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger; Royal Netherlands East Indies Army) was not able to stop the Japanese onslaught. Why were the Dutch so easily defeated during the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies in World War Two?
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– Het verlies van Java. Een kwestie van Air Power. De eindstrijd om Nederlands-Indië van de geallieerde lucht-, zee- en landstrijdkrachten in de periode van 18 februari t/m 7 maart 1942 (P.C. Boer).
– Het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger. Geschiedenis, uniformering en uitrusting, 1911-1942 (Tristan Broos).
– Koloniale oorlogen in Indonesië. Vijf eeuwen verzet tegen vreemde overheersing (Piet Hagen).
– De doden tellen. Slachtofferaantallen van de Tweede Wereldoorlog en sindsdien (Renske Krimp).
– Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1936–42 [Men-at-Arms Book 521] ( Marc Lohnstein).
– The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941–42. Japan's Quest for Oil [Campaign 364] (Marc Lohnstein).
– Hirohito's War. The Pacific War, 1941-1945 (Francis Pike).
– Revolusi. Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld (David van Reybrouck).
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Een patrouille Marechaussee te Atjeh – 1936
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Slag bij Kangean (Javazee)
Gemkan minanie e yaku gemkan minanie e yaku (Japan 1941)
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