The Netherlands had little ability to defend its colony against the Japanese army, and within only three months of their initial attacks, the Japanese had occupied the Dutch East Indies.
هلند توانایی کمی داشت که بتواند از مستعمره خود در برابر ارتش ژاپن دفاع کند و تنها طی سه ماه، ژاپنی‌ها هند شرقی را اشغال کردند.