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  2. Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. 3A Japanese propaganda movement - Wikipedia

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    The 3A movement is known for its slogan: "Japan the light of Asia, Japan the protector of Asia, Japan the leader of Asia," in Japanese 「亜細亜の光日本、亜細亜の母体日本、亜細亜の指導者日本」, and in Indonesian "Jepang cahaya Asia, Jepang pelindung Asia, Jepang pemimpin Asia." [1]

  4. Dutch East Indies - Wikipedia

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    The Dutch East Indies, [3] also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.

  5. Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence

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    The Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Independence (Indonesian: Badan Penyelidik Usaha-Usaha Persiapan Kemerdekaan, abbreviated as BPUPK; Japanese: 独立準備調査会, Hepburn: Dokuritsu Junbi Chōsakai, Nihon-shiki / Kunrei-shiki: Dokuritu Zyunbi Tyoosa-kai), sometimes referred to, but better known locally, as the Investigating Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian ...

  6. Vorstenlanden - Wikipedia

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    When Mataram was not yet divided, the Dutch colonial administration named the area under its control Bovenlanden.Then, the Treaty of Giyanti, signed in 1755, divided Mataram into two, namely Surakarta and Yogyakarta with their respective territories and the Great State (Negara Agung) which was governed jointly.

  7. Pacific War - Wikipedia

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    Result: Allied victory: Territorial changes: Allied occupation of Japan. Removal of Japanese troops from China and retrocession of Taiwan to China; Liberation of Korea and Manchuria, followed by the division of Korea

  8. American-British-Dutch-Australian Command - Wikipedia

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    Efforts to organise the ABDA Command began soon after war between the Allies and Japan commenced, on 7 December 1941. Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson were anxious to establish unity of command over the Allied forces in all theatres after observing Allied defeats in the Battle of France, the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre, and the attack on ...

  9. Samudra - Wikipedia

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    The scholar G.V. Davane studied the occurrences of the term samudra in the Rigveda and concluded that the term means "terrestrial ocean". [3] The Rigveda also speaks of a western and eastern Samudra (10.136.5-6). And in RV 7.6.7 there is an upper and a lower Samudra, where the upper Samudra seems to be a heavenly ocean.