ABDACom? Well, they were so outgunned... still; at least the Dutch,

-with NO home port to go back to; with jerry crawling all
over the Netherlands- at least the Dutch submariners
fought like dogs.

They chalked up some very smart kills while we and
the British were fumbling along.

I got tremendous respect for them.
Talk about "island coverage".
They=alone. Totally too.

b.street

In response to this post by Major Kong

Posted: 10/04/2017 at 8:21PM

WW2 peeps: 3 things/finds... 1st up, I never saw this series (SPOILS) -- bourbonstreet 10/04/2017 6:58PM

Tinker Air Force Base is named for him. ** -- Hokie360 10/04/2017 10:59PM

Early 1942 in Indonesia was an allied naval nightmare ** -- Major Kong 10/04/2017 7:52PM

ABDACom? Well, they were so outgunned... still; at least the Dutch, -- bourbonstreet 10/04/2017 8:21PM

Just be glad the French fleet didn't fall into German hands. -- Chris Coleman

10/04/2017 7:28PM

Even if it had, it would have been a minor problem, the British and USN -- hokieman842 10/05/2017 09:27AM

Yah; true. Though vichy and Free-France were an odd odd split. -- bourbonstreet 10/04/2017 8:23PM

They would have been hunted down & sunk. ** -- EDGEMAN 10/04/2017 8:11PM

ABDACom? Well, they were so outgunned... still; at least the Dutch,

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