Indonesia is a Southeast Asian country made up of more than 17,000 islands. It is the world’s largest island country, and the fourth most populous country in the world. The country became independent on August 17, 1945, after more than three centuries of Dutch colonial rule.
The Indonesian Revolution began in 1942, when the Dutch responded to the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) by implementing a harsh military occupation. The Indonesian people responded to the occupation …