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∙ 10y agoJapan lacked Natural Resources, so gaining the territory of the Dutch East Indies gave them some of the resources they required.
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∙ 10y agoThe first European power to colonize Indonesia were the Dutch rulers who came from netherlands. The Indonesian islands were then knoen as the Dutch East Indies. At first, the Dutch East Indies were controled by the Dutch East Indoa Company. But after the breakdown of the company, the Netherlands' government took the direct control of the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch rule over the Indonesia ended during the World War II when the Japanese took the control of the East Indies. At this time, they actually became known as Indonesia. The British were also looking at for colonizing the East Indies.
Dutch East Indies city champions was created in 1914.
The Dutch government in exile in London declared war on Japan on the 8th of December 1941 On the 8th of March 1942 Japan occupied the former D.E.I.
Indonesia
The Dutch heritage in New York gave it an advantage in commercial trade with the Dutch West Indies.
Philippines, Singapore, and Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies was created in 1800.
Dutch East Indies ended in 1942.
The first European power to colonize Indonesia were the Dutch rulers who came from netherlands. The Indonesian islands were then knoen as the Dutch East Indies. At first, the Dutch East Indies were controled by the Dutch East Indoa Company. But after the breakdown of the company, the Netherlands' government took the direct control of the Dutch East Indies. The Dutch rule over the Indonesia ended during the World War II when the Japanese took the control of the East Indies. At this time, they actually became known as Indonesia. The British were also looking at for colonizing the East Indies.
The Dutch East Indies. The Dutch East Indies.
Dutch West Indies campaign happened in 1782.
Dutch East Indies campaign happened in 1942.
One example: the taking of the Dutch East Indies (for their oil).
The oil embargo made the Japanese furious. They had to import all their oil. They tried to negoiate with the US but got impatient with them. They wanted the oil in the Dutch East Indies and they were going to take the Dutch East Indies regardless of what Netherlands, The Britons and the Americans thought. So they attacked Pearl Harbor to prevent the US Navy from going to the Dutch East Indies.
Dutch East Indies city champions was created in 1914.
The Dutch West Indies Company from the Netherlands. It was a small effort intended as a trading post that failed because of conflict with the Native Americans, there were no survivors.
Japan's occupation of Korea (1910) and the invasion of China in the 1930s. In 1941 Japanese forces invaded Hong Kong, Malaya, Burma, the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and New Guinea.