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  2. Battle of Manado - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Manado took place as part of the Japanese offensive to capture the Dutch East Indies. It occurred at Manado (also spelled Menado) on the Minahasa Peninsula on the northern part of Celebes Island (modern day Sulawesi in Indonesia ), from 11–12 January 1942.

  3. Dutch East Indies campaign - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. 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. Following the failure of negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Japanese ...

  5. Mariniersbrigade - Wikipedia

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    The Mariniersbrigade (English: Marine Brigade) was a marines brigade unit set up by the Dutch government-in-exile (Nederlandse regering in ballingschap) during World War II, which existed between 1943 and 1949.

  6. Suwu Lontoh - Wikipedia

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    Born 15 June 1908 in Manado, Dutch East Indies, Lontoh served in World War II with the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. He was captured by Japanese forces on 9 March 1942, and died on 4 January 1945.

  7. Dutch East Indies - Wikipedia

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    With growing interest in scientific research, the government of the Dutch East Indies established the Natuurwetenschappelijke Raad voor Nederlandsch-Indië (Scientific Council of the Dutch East Indies) in 1928. [147] It operated as the country's main research organization until the outbreak of World War II in Asia Pacific in 1942.

  8. National Remembrance 15 August 1945 - Wikipedia

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    The Indies Monument, The Hague. The National Remembrance 15 August 1945 (Dutch: Nationale Herdenking 15 augustus 1945) is an annual event at the Indies Monument in The Hague, the Netherlands, to commemorate the end of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the end of World War II. [1]

  9. Minahasan people - Wikipedia

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    In the Dutch East Indies the Minahasa people identified strongly with the Dutch language, culture and the Protestant faith – so strongly, in fact, that when Indonesia became independent in 1945 certain factions of political elites of the region even pleaded with the Dutch to let it become a province of the Netherlands. [14]