Great War at Sea: East Indies Campaigns

For hundreds of years, the Netherlands maintained dominion over a vast empire of overseas possessions. By the early 1900’s, many of these territories had been lost to Great Britain. One of significant import remained: the East Indies, which would later become modern day Indonesia. Little Holland controlled the resources of an island empire of some 40 million people, rich in the resources (oil, rubber, tin and other metals) that would ultimately drive the industrial economies of the 20th century.

Covetous eyes watched the development of this region with interest. Japan made numerous inroads with trade missions, while more radical voices called for outright conquest. Germany expressed interest in obtaining island bases there (if not overall acquisition), while Britain stood by, intent that no other nation which could pose a threat to her interests should gain control the islands. Fears of Japanese aggression led the Dutch to consider a vastly expanded Koninklijke Marine with modern dreadnoughts to defend their prize.

East Indies Campaigns is a scenario book for the Great War at Sea series, laying out a Japanese campaign of conquest in the Indonesian Archipelago between 1914 and 1917. You get 45 new scenarios to tell the stories, interwoven with background text in our story-arc format.