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  1. The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda) and Dutch Indonesia, was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.

  2. This is a list of flags used in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of the Netherlands . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

  3. During World War II the entire Dutch East Indies, excepting a part of southern Netherlands New Guinea, was occupied by Japan. The years 1945–49 formed a transition period in which the Netherlands unsuccessfully tried to regain control of the islands.

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  4. 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.

  5. In honour of the official end of the Second World War, the general flag protocol set out by the Prime Minister permits an official addition to the flags flown on government buildings on 15 August.

  6. The Flags of Princely States of the Dutch East Indies. by Marcel van Westerhoven. Abstract The subject of this paper is the flags of the subordinate native states that existed untill the Second World War in the former Dutch colony of the Netherlands Indies, in what is now the Republic of Indonesia. The situation in the Netherlands Indies was in ...

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  8. Jun 3, 2023 · The Dutch East Indies never had a flag on their own. Flags for the Dutch overseas dependencies were only adopted in the 1950s, when Indonesia was already independent. Mark Sensen , 9 April 1998

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