The Japanese occupation of Indonesia began with the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies on December 8, 1941. The Japanese planned to use the Dutch East Indies as a base to attack the British in Malaya and the Americans in the Philippines. The Japanese quickly overran the Dutch East Indies, and the Dutch surrendered on March 8, 1942. Indonesia was then divided into three zones, the Japanese, the Dutch, and the Free Indonesian Zone. The Japanese controlled the most …
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