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=> Sentai

Sentai (戦隊?) in Japanese language is a word for a military unit and may be literally translated as "squadron", "task force", "group" or "wing". The terms "regiment" and "flotilla", while sometimes used as translations of Sentai, are also used to refer to larger formations. Source :[link]

=> Dutch conquest and the end of Portuguese Malacca

In the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) began contesting Portuguese power in the East. At that time, the Portuguese had transformed Malacca into an impregnable fortress, the Fortaleza de Malaca, controlling access to the sea lanes of the Straits of Malacca and the spice trade there. The Dutch started by launching small incursions and skirmishes against the Portuguese. The first serious attempt was the siege of Malacca in 1606 by the third VOC fleet from Holland with eleven ships, led by Admiral Cornelis Matelief de Jonge that lead to the naval battle of Cape Rachado. Although the Dutch were routed, the Portuguese fleet of Martim Afonso de Castro, the Viceroy of Goa; suffered heavier casualties and the battle rallied the forces of the Sultanate of Johor in an alliance with the Dutch and later on with the Aceh Sultanate.

In early 17th century, the Sultanate of Aceh grew into a regional power with formidable naval force and regarded Portuguese Malacca as potential threat. In 1629, Iskandar Muda of Aceh Sultanate sent several hundred ships to attack Malacca, but the mission was a devastating failure. According to Portuguese sources, all of his ships were destroyed along with 19,000 men.
The Dutch with their local allies assaulted and finally wrested Malacca from the Portuguese in January 1641. This combined Dutch-Johor-Aceh efforts effectively destroyed the last bastion of Portuguese power, reducing their influence in the archipelago. The Dutch settled in the city as Dutch Malacca, however the Dutch had no intention to make Malacca their main base, and concentrated on building Batavia (today Jakarta) as their headquarter in the orient instead. The Portuguese ports in spice producing area of Mollucas were also fell to Dutch in following years, with the last Portuguese colony were remained and confined only in East Timor until 20th century. Source :[link](1641)

=> Planned invasion of the Philippines

In view of their previous failures, the Dutch took it out more against the Spanish, and to offset their huge losses, they decided to seize the Philippines, feeling certain that they were strong enough to carry out the attacks.[2] From the time they conquered Formosa in 1642 and expelled the Spanish stationed in that island, the Dutch became increasingly eager to attack Manila because they knew the city lacked strong defenses and that it was unable to receive enough aid because the affairs in Spain were so disrupted by the Thirty Years' War in Europe.

Fr. Juan de los Angeles, a Dominican priest who had been taken from Formosa to Macassar (Indonesia) as prisoner of the Dutch, later described in his account that the Dutch were so eager to launch an attack in the Philippines that "they talk among themselves of nothing else than how they will gain Manila", and that "they have urgently requested more men[4] from Holland for the purpose of attacking Manila.[5] ". In his account, he also described the formidable force of the Dutch stationed at the ports of Jakarta in Indonesia and Formosa:

“ "The power which the Dutch enemy possess in those regions...is greater than we could imagine of them. According to what I myself have seen...the Dutch have at this time more than one hundred and fifty ships and pataches, at a moderate estimate--all equipped and provided by seamen, soldiers, artillery and other necessary supplies.[5] "
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Hetalia, England aph, Spain aph, Egypt aph, Italy aph, Macau aph & Netherlands aph belonged to Himaruya H.
Spice Islands is Maluku Islands in Indonesia.
Indonesia aph, Malaysia aph & Portugal aph based on Himaruya's sketch. ([link])
India OC & Mughal OC design by dinosaurusgede
Philippines OC design by
Brunei Darussalam OC design by
Japan 17th century design by