The Dutch were pretty much shafted by the UK and US in the start of the war (ABDA). They were not consulted, and when the pointless UK strategy of throwing good forces after bad in Malaya and Singapore failed (which was certain from the start given their abysmal generalship), they were left swinging in the wind.
Amid this, their subs made some of the few real successes of the early war. I'd love to see Dutch subs.
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