Dutch and French plans for war with Japan

Would Dutch and French forces follow their own plans in a war with Japan?

They would largely fold into a British-led fleet, with the Dutch initially hoping to preserve neutrality.

The Dutch hoped to remain neutral, while France expected to reinforce Britain if war came. Both navies were too small in theater to justify independent operational schemes against Japan. The Royal Navy would concentrate forces from home and the Mediterranean through bases across the Indian Ocean to Singapore. That geography favored an advance along the Asian coast rather than crossing the central Pacific and then doubling back.