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As such, most of the Dutch East Indies was still under occupation at the time of Japan's surrender in August 1945. The invasion and subsequent occupation formed a fundamental challenge to Dutch colonial rule and brought about changes so extensive that the subsequent Indonesian National Revolution became possible. [ 4 ]
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 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 ]
Matthi Forrer, Dutch-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000: A Brief History (2001). Grant Kohn Goodman, Japan: the Dutch experience (A&C Black, 2013). M. C. Ricklefs. The Dutch East India Company and Japan, 1600-1850: Trade and the Cultural Exchange (Brill, 2013) Yasuko Suzuki. Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800: The Dutch East India Company and Beyond ...
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 (1800–1949) — also known as the Netherlands East Indies, a former colony in Southeast Asia. The colonial predecessor of the present day nation of Indonesia and the Malacca state of Malaysia in Maritime Southeast Asia .
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 ...