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File Size: 38686 KB
Print Length: 48 pages
Publisher: Osprey Publishing; 1 edition (August 23, 2018)
Publication Date: August 23, 2018
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B07DX8PD1C
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This is a very good although short book (40 pages of text plus eight pages of color renderings) describing the Dutch colonial army that attempted to repel the Japanese invading army in 1941 / 1942. The army was amazingly weak, although that shouldn’t come as a surprise to readers, I suppose. It was somewhat impressive in numbers (more than 110 000 total) but weak in weaponry. It had around 140 artillery pieces, the largest comprising 75 mm howitzers. It had another 269 81 mm mortars and fewer than 900 machine guns. The Japanese 16th Army defeated this force with only three divisions plus an independent regiment totaling around 60 000 troops. A Japanese division may not have had the firepower of a US Marine division but it could certainly deal with a Dutch colonial army.It’s interesting to read some of the euphemisms in the book. The Dutch colonial army was mostly intended for “internal security operations.†In plain English, that meant keeping the natives from rebelling against their Dutch colonial overlords. It should come as no surprise, then, that many of the native troops didn’t hesitate to desert when confronted with the invading Japanese army.A minor criticism is that the one and only map of the East Indies area is on pages 34 – 35. So a reader has to go through the first 30-odd pages without really knowing where the referenced islands, cities, and ports are unless you either already know the East Indies / Indonesian geography or if you happen to leaf through the book first and discover the map.Only about six pages of the book describe the Dutch defensive plans and the Japanese invading plans.The bibliography indicates that most of the source material for the book is primary Dutch material.Some other books that offer good accounts of this and related subjects are as follows:• “The Dutch Naval Air Force Against Japan – the Defense of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941 – 1942†by Womack (2006). This book offers an excellent and detailed story of the collapse of the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) in December 1941 – March 1942 from the viewpoint of the Dutch naval air force. It includes summaries of the main naval battles and Japanese army landings as they pertain to the overall allied defeat at the hands of the Japanese. It also offers an excellent discussion of the strategic plans and operational attacks of the Japanese as they advanced toward southern Sumatra and western Java though the South China Sea via the Karimata Strait and toward eastern Java via the Makassar Strait east of Borneo and the Java Sea. It was an extremely well-planned operation and was superbly executed. Chapter 9 describes the chaos and disintegration that occurred on Java at Soerabaja (Surabaya), Batavia, and Tjiltjap as the Dutch resistance collapsed. It was at least as bad, if not worse, than what happened with the British at Singapore.• “In the Highest Degree Tragic – The Sacrifice of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in the East Indies During World War II†by Kehn (2017). This book describes in the most detail I have found the losses of the US Asiatic Fleet as well as the British and Dutch fleet losses.• "Rising Sun, Falling Skies" by Cox (2014). This book includes maps depicting the ship tracks of some of the sea battles;• "The Massacre of ABDACOM" by Ready (2013). This is a somewhat dry, but thorough, account of the same subject as "In the Highest Degree Tragic." It offers no maps and no ship tracks of the sea battles."Darwin 1942 --The Japanese Attack on Australia" by Alford (2017). It provide the most comprehensive account I have found on the Darwin attack of February 1942;• "Fortress Rabaul -- The Battle for the Southwest Pacific January 1942 - April 1943" by Gamble (2010);• "Malaya and Singapore 1941 - 42 The Fall of Britain's Empire in the East" by Dennis (2016). There are plenty of books on the collapse of the British in Malaya and Singapore but this one offers a lot of information packed into 90 pages. It doesn't pull any punches on British political and military leadership and command incompetence, either.
In this Osprey Man-At-Arms #521, "Royal Netherlands East Indies Army 1936-1942", a blank space in allied capabilities on the eve of WWII in the Pacific has been filled in. Author Marc Lohnstein gives us a view of the Dutch military and how they prepared for the coming conflict.The NEI army was originally created for internal security, and the author gives detailed information of Dutch efforts to create an integrated force from the many ethnic/religious groups within the Dutch East Indies - now Indonesia. The book details the numbers and types of units as well as how they expanded over time to meet new threats. Obviously, command and commanders came from the Netherlands, but there were a number of interesting things peculiar to NEI.The author concisely gives the reader an idea of the numbers of troops, units, types, etc. and how they changed the closer they were to WWII. The Dutch were trying to adapt and increase their defenses but simply ran out of resources and time - especially after Holland was conquered by Germany in 1940.We get a good idea of the uniforms, the weapons and equipment including attempts to mechanize with mobile forces and armored units, buying tanks and armored cars from abroad as well as constructing APCs from locally-sourced platforms. With the exception of the air where the Dutch had only obsolete weapons, they were certainly at least as well equipped as the Japanese in terms of weaponry from light machine guns to artillery to tanks.Where they were lacking, according to Australian observers, was experienced commanders and training. Against the experienced, well-led Japanese units, they were no match.This is a good look at how a military tries to prepare for a looming threat - sometimes well with attempts at innovation, sometimes poorly in the things that really matter. This is a good book that fills in a blank in our understanding of the situation on the eve of the Japanese rampage across the Pacific. Five stars.
The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) was designed primarily to provide internal security within The Netherlands' vast empire in Southeast Asia. The KNIL potentially fielded a significant number of troops, but they were indifferently armed, lightly trained, and responsible for securing a massive archipelago. A modernization program was only just underway when the Japanese arrived...This Osprey Men-at-Arms Series book concisely describes the KNIL, notably including its combat support and combat service support elements. The narrative covers a lot of ground in a brief space. This reviewer would have liked a map of the Dutch East Indies up front, and perhaps some assessment of how well the Dutch-Indonesian integrated units performed in combat. As another reviewer has pointed out, this book does fill a missing space in Osprey coverage of the Pacific portion of the Second World War. Recommended.
Typical Osprey excellent packing a lot of information into a few pages. Nice drawings also. I knew nothing at all about the Dutch East Indies army and now I do. Thanks Osprey.
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