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Four million people died in the Dutch East Indies as a result of famine and forced labour during the Japanese occupation, including 30,000 European civilian internee deaths. [3] In 1944–1945, Allied troops largely bypassed the Dutch East Indies and did not fight their way into the most populous parts such as Java and Sumatra. As such, most of ...
The East Indies was one of Japan's primary targets if and when it went to war because the colony possessed abundant valuable resources, the most important of which were its rubber plantations and oil fields; [13] [14] the colony was the fourth-largest exporter of oil in the world, behind the U.S., Iran, and Romania.
Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (1942–1945) — the colonial Dutch East Indies and Portuguese Timor, former colonies in Southeast Asia. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
The Dutch East Indies fell into Japan's sphere. Dutch East Indies during the Japanese occupation when Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo visited the island of Java. The Netherlands, Britain and the United States tried to defend the colony from the Japanese forces as they moved south in late 1941 in search of Dutch oil.
The Dutch lost control over the East Indies to the Japanese during much of World War II. [31] Following the war, the Dutch fought Indonesian independence forces after Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945. In 1949, most of what was known as the Dutch East Indies was ceded to the independent Republic of Indonesia.
Operation Isabella (invasion of Portugal and Spain to counter any possible landing of Anglo-American troops in the Iberian Peninsula. Prepared in May 1941 and never carried out.) [ 25 ] Operation Fire Eater (German-Italian plans to instigate a Pasthun rebellion against British India on the Pakistani Side and form a pro-Axis Pashtunistan state ...
1.8.1 The American occupation of Japan, 1945–1952. 1.8.1.1 The Yoshida Doctrine. ... to seize the oilfields in the Dutch East Indies and nearby British colonies.
Japanese occupation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; Japanese occupation of British Borneo (territories now part of East Malaysia and Brunei) Japanese occupation of Burma; Japanese occupation of Cambodia; Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (territories now part of Indonesia and East Timor) Japanese occupation of West Sumatra ...