When did Dutch leave Indonesia?

In December 1949, after four years of military and diplomatic confrontation with the Netherlands, the Dutch Government finally recognised the independence of the Dutch East Indies, which became the Republic of the United States of Indonesia.

What happened to Indonesia in WWII?

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. The Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies began on 10 January 1942, and the Imperial Japanese Army overran the entire colony in less than three months.

When did the Dutch invade Indonesia?

The Dutch arrived in Indonesia in 1595 looking for natural resources and a place to take over.

What happened to the Dutch in Indonesia after WW2?

After nearly 150 years of Dutch colonial rule, and a intervening period of Japanese occupation during the war, the Indonesian people were hungry for independence. Unfortunately, it seemed as though the Dutch were just as eager to hold onto their former colonial possessions, even after a devastating war.

What happened to the Dutch East Indies in 1940?

In Indonesian history, the period was one of the most critical. On 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, Japanese assets in the archipelago were frozen.

What was the impact of the Japanese occupation of Indonesia?

A later United Nations report stated that four million people died in Indonesia as a result of famine and forced labour during the Japanese occupation, including 30,000 European civilian internee deaths. A Dutch government study described how the Japanese military recruited women as prostitutes by force in Indonesia.

How did the Dutch react to the Indonesian Revolution of 1927?

Initially, the Dutch colonial authorities permitted the establishment of indigenous political movements but when Indonesian ideologies radicalized in the 1920s (as seen in the communist uprisings in West Java and West Sumatra in 1926 and 1927) the Dutch authorities changed course.