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The Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and martial law was declared in the Dutch East Indies. Following the failure of negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Japanese ...
Following World War II, a reconstituted KNIL joined with Dutch Army troops to re-establish colonial "law and order". Despite two successful military campaigns in 1947 and 1948–1949, Dutch efforts to re-establish their colony failed and the Netherlands recognised Indonesian sovereignty in December 1949. [94]
The Dutch East Indies campaign of 1941–1942 was the conquest of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) by forces of the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied forces attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands. The East Indies were targeted by the Japanese for their rich oil resources which ...
The Japanese invasion and subsequent occupation during World War II interrupted Dutch rule [96] [97] and encouraged the previously suppressed Indonesian independence movement. In May 1940, early in World War II , Nazi Germany occupied the Netherlands, but the Dutch government-in-exile initially continued to control the Dutch East Indies from ...
World War I breaks out; the Netherlands is a neutral country in the war. [65] 1917: East Indies trade with Europe cut off by the war. [65] 1919: May: Mt Kelud in East Java erupts with a deathtoll of around 5,000 people. 1920: Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) is founded. Economic downturn. [65] 1925: Birth of Pramoedya Ananta Toer. A sharp ...
The Indonesian National Revolution (Indonesian: Revolusi Nasional Indonesia), also known as the Indonesian War of Independence (Indonesian: Perang Kemerdekaan Indonesia, Dutch: Indonesische Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog), was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social ...
The Dutch East Indies—Indonesia in World War II — involved during 1942−1945, part of the South West Pacific theatre of World War II. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
A bunker of the Peel-Raam Line, built in 1939. The Dutch colonies such as the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) caused the Netherlands to be one of the top five oil producers in the world at the time and to have the world's largest aircraft factory in the Interbellum (Fokker), which aided the neutrality of the Netherlands and the success of its arms dealings in the First World War.