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Post by lordroel on Aug 2, 2016 16:24:33 GMT
New Netherlands remaining part of the Dutch Commonwealth and not like in the book in a Referendum joining the United States. Also once created a universe called The world of the New Netherlands, might be fun to read. The Kindle Version has the United States not forming at all. Instead, I gathered Maryland, Virginia and the two Carolinas into its own country to reduce the number of different countries to keep track of. Wait, i have the E-book version, have to check it out then. |
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Post by eurowatch on Aug 14, 2016 23:40:20 GMT
“Come at me, I got torpedoes for all of you!”
Last recorded transmission of the destroyer Hr. Ms. Bullebak.
The opening phase of the war began on the the 9th of April, 1940, when France and the BWR, pressured by economic trouble at home, declared war on Germany and the United Provinces. Less than an hour later, bombers blackened the sky as they attacked Allied airbases and defences.
Seventy percent of Dutch fighters would be destroyed on the ground, unable to defend the country as French paratroopers dropped behind their defensive lines and captured most of the fortresses. From the sea, the British navy attacked the Dutch Home Fleet, sinking many ships in port before they were able to organise an effective defence.
Despite the surprise attack, for a while it looked like the Dutch army would be able to defend themselves long enough for German reinforcements to arrive. Then, on the 17th of April, the Polish-Lithuanian army attacked Germany from the east, forcing to the Wehrmacht to commit their reserves. Warszawa cared little for fascisme, for them this was a simple opportunity to remove a powerful rival from the playing field.
Despite initial success, the offensive quickly developed into a stalemate. Poland was inexperienced in modern warfare and was up against one of the best trained armies in Europe, only the fact that most of the Wehrmacht was tied up at the western front prevented a rout and a German counter offensive. Beside tying up vital German forces, it also had the effect of finally getting Sweden-Russia to honour its agreement and declare war on the Axis powers as well. Their invasion of Poland-Lithuania was a failure, lacking preparations and being even more incompetently led then the Polish one.
The next week, the Axis navies achieved a breakthrough and managed to land forces in Friesland. Despite heavy attacks, the Royal Army was unable to dislodge them from their bridgehead, nor prevent a link-up with French forces that had broken through the Siegfried line. Rather than surrender as the Axis leaders had expected, the Royal Army fell back to secondary defensive lines built inland. Fortress Holland would fight until Allied help arrived or the last man fell, whichever came first.
Despite the intense resistance they offered it was all for nothing, in June Germany surrendered and Allied forces were in full retreat to Norway. During the miracle of the Sont, over five hundred thousand Allied troops were evacuated by civilians in everything from rowboats to cruise liners. The celebrations in Christiana over this perceived “victory” were so great that Colijn had to remind everyone that “wars were not won with evacuations”. It would be the last victory Norway would celebrate for a long time.
If Mosley and Doriot thought the war was over and they could get to the negotiation table, they were sorely mistaken. Berlin may have surrendered, but over almost a million Wehrmacht troops had escaped over the Sont or through the Swedish corridor through Poland and were gathering under von Manstein’s Freie Deutsche Reich. From his base in Argentina, von Manstein pledged to continue the war in any way he could.
Feel as if it was a bit rushed, but what do you want to read about now?
The Pacific theathre.
The Middle East.
Operation Charlemange.
The North American war
The Invasion of British Argentina.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 15, 2016 2:49:13 GMT
Seventy percent of Dutch fighters would be destroyed on the ground, unable to defend the country as French paratroopers dropped behind their defensive lines and captured most of the fortresses. From the sea, the British navy attacked the Dutch Home Do Fokker and Koollhoven exist as aircraft companies in this universe. Feel as if it was a bit rushed, but what do you want to read about now? The Pacific theathre. The Middle East. Operation Charlemange. The North American war The Invasion of British Argentina. Surprise me. |
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Post by eurowatch on Aug 15, 2016 14:20:38 GMT
Seventy percent of Dutch fighters would be destroyed on the ground, unable to defend the country as French paratroopers dropped behind their defensive lines and captured most of the fortresses. From the sea, the British navy attacked the Dutch Home Do Fokker and Koollhoven exist as aircraft companies in this universe. Feel as if it was a bit rushed, but what do you want to read about now? The Pacific theathre. The Middle East. Operation Charlemange. The North American war The Invasion of British Argentina. Surprise me. They do. Koolhoven mostly produces flying boats while Fokker produces different kind of bombers. Due to losing the vast majority of their industry, Fokker had to get creative With what was availeble and has recently started building a twin-engine bomber made mostly out of wood. There is also VOC Industries which mass produces fighters for all the different branches of the armed forces. |
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Post by lordroel on Aug 15, 2016 14:32:30 GMT
Do Fokker and Koollhoven exist as aircraft companies in this universe. Surprise me. They do. Koolhoven mostly produces flying boats while Fokker produces different kind of bombers. Due to losing the vast majority of their industry, Fokker had to get creative With what was availeble and has recently started building a twin-engine bomber made mostly out of wood. There is also VOC Industries which mass produces fighters for all the different branches of the armed forces. Do not tell me it is named Mosquito. |
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Post by eurowatch on Aug 15, 2016 15:01:14 GMT
They do. Koolhoven mostly produces flying boats while Fokker produces different kind of bombers. Due to losing the vast majority of their industry, Fokker had to get creative With what was availeble and has recently started building a twin-engine bomber made mostly out of wood. There is also VOC Industries which mass produces fighters for all the different branches of the armed forces. Do not tell me it is named Mosquito. You are a spy! I am calling the Marechaussee! No, it is called the Libelle. As for why it is made, Norway lacks the industry to keep up With demand so Fokker had to turn to alternative Sources and wood and woodworkers were in large supply. Wood also has the advantage of being to soft for exsplosive bullets to trigger, which is why Hr. Ms. Fokker's biplane squadrons had so much succes against the British navy. |
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Post by lordroel on Aug 15, 2016 15:02:58 GMT
Do not tell me it is named Mosquito. You are a spy! I am calling the Marechaussee! No, it is called the Libelle. As for why it is made, Norway lacks the industry to keep up With demand so Fokker had to turn to alternative Sources and wood and woodworkers were in large supply. Wood also has the advantage of being to soft for exsplosive bullets to trigger, which is why Hr. Ms. Fokker's biplane squadrons had so much succes against the British navy. Is Norway still the back part of the Dutch Commonwealth in this universe or is it slightly better. |
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Post by eurowatch on Aug 15, 2016 15:11:55 GMT
You are a spy! I am calling the Marechaussee! No, it is called the Libelle. As for why it is made, Norway lacks the industry to keep up With demand so Fokker had to turn to alternative Sources and wood and woodworkers were in large supply. Wood also has the advantage of being to soft for exsplosive bullets to trigger, which is why Hr. Ms. Fokker's biplane squadrons had so much succes against the British navy. Is Norway still the back part of the Dutch Commonwealth in this universe or is it slightly better. India is the backwater of the Commonwealth. Due to being a fellow province and strategicly important, Norway is much more developed and populated then it is OTL. |
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Post by lordroel on Aug 15, 2016 15:26:02 GMT
Is Norway still the back part of the Dutch Commonwealth in this universe or is it slightly better. India is the backwater of the Commonwealth. Due to being a fellow province and strategicly important, Norway is much more developed and populated then it is OTL. Of course Norway could be the main gas/oil supplier of the Dutch Commonwealth. |
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Post by eurowatch on Aug 15, 2016 16:22:02 GMT
India is the backwater of the Commonwealth. Due to being a fellow province and strategicly important, Norway is much more developed and populated then it is OTL. Of course Norway could be the main gas/oil supplier of the Dutch Commonwealth. In later times yes, but in 1940 they mainly earn their money through raw materials and tourism. |
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Post by lordroel on Aug 15, 2016 16:30:40 GMT
Of course Norway could be the main gas/oil supplier of the Dutch Commonwealth. In later times yes, but in 1940 they mainly earn their money through raw materials and tourism. Why would a dutch torist go to Norway, a better vacation would be Brazil or Africa. |
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Post by eurowatch on Aug 15, 2016 16:57:27 GMT
In later times yes, but in 1940 they mainly earn their money through raw materials and tourism. Why would a dutch tourist go to Norway, a better vacation would be Brazil or Africa. Because those places don't have the exclusive scenary and Wildlife Norway can offer. Plus it is close and thus cheaper. |
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Post by lordroel on Aug 15, 2016 18:13:17 GMT
Why would a dutch tourist go to Norway, a better vacation would be Brazil or Africa. Because those places don't have the exclusive scenary and Wildlife Norway can offer. Plus it is close and thus cheaper. Is Norwegian still the main language in Norway ore is Dutch the main language. |
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Post by eurowatch on Aug 15, 2016 18:26:47 GMT
Because those places don't have the exclusive scenary and Wildlife Norway can offer. Plus it is close and thus cheaper. Is Norwegian still the main language in Norway ore is Dutch the main language. If you want to be technical, Norwegian is less a Language and more a Danish dialect. Here on the other hand it is gradually dying out and is only spoken in the smaller villages. On a inter-provincial level the dialect tends to characterised by its uniqeu pronoucement of the g, u and o and that it doesn't make as much use of de and het. Many placenames also have gotten their spelling changed but most historic buildinghave kept their original names. |
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Post by lordroel on Aug 15, 2016 18:29:23 GMT
Is Norwegian still the main language in Norway ore is Dutch the main language. If you want to be technical, Norwegian is less a Language and more a Danish dialect. Here on the other hand it is gradually dying out and is only spoken in the smaller villages. On a inter-provincial level the dialect tends to characterised by its uniqeu pronoucement of the g, u and o and that it doesn't make as much use of de and het. Many placenames also have gotten their spelling changed but most historic buildinghave kept their original names. So it is like Frisian, spoken only in one province that is only useful when there is ice. |
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