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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.
- George Brett
George Howard Brett (7 February 1886 – 2 December 1963) was...
- Hitoshi Imamura
Imamura became the commander of the Sixteenth Army in...
- Karel Doorman
Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman (23 April 1889 – 28...
- Dutch East Indies
On 10 January 1942, during the Dutch East Indies Campaign,...
- George Brett
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. Following the failure of negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Japanese ...
Dutch East Indies, one of the overseas territories of the Netherlands until December 1949, now Indonesia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Entry into WW2. 8 Dec 1941. Population in 1939. 60,727,233. Civilian Deaths in WW2. 4,000,000. Contributor: C. Peter Chen. The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, was formed as a colony of the Netherlands in 1800 when the country nationalized the Dutch East India Company. It expanded to the territories seen on the eve of WW2 with the ...
This unacceptable situation transformed the capture of the Dutch East Indies (DEI) and its oil, at first planned as a desirable strategic objective, into a vital ingredient for Japanese national survival.
East Indies. Introduction. World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. While World War II continues to absorb the interest of military scholars and historians, as well as its veterans ...
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