henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (08/15/89)
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) > ... The Dutch had naval and land > forces in the area around Indonesia at the time of > the Japanese invasion. But Holland was occupied... > Who determined their strategy and goals? Dutch territories were controlled by the Dutch government-in-exile, located (I think) in England. (It was the US, the British, and the Dutch g-i-e who decided to cut off Japan's oil supply in retaliation for events in China, thus precipitating Pearl Harbor.) How the details of this worked, I don't know offhand. Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu