The Empire of Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945.
Ching Nan Shrine in Malang, East Java. One out of 11 Shinto shrines built in Indonesia.
Occupation government of West Sumatra run by the 25th Army. (Left to right: Staff officer Nishiooeda, Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi, General Moritake Tanabe, and Governor Yano Kenzo.)
Japanese identity card issued to Louis Victor Wijnhamer, Jr., a local Indo-European man, during the occupation.
Liberated Dutch prisoners in 1945
Dutch East Indies campaign
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The Dutch East Indies campaign of 1941–1942 was the conquest of the Dutch East Indies by forces of the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied forces attempte
Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
…Indonesian Emperor • 1942–1945 Hirohito Prime Minister • 1942–1944 Hideki Tojo • 1944–1945 Kuniaki Koiso Historical era World War II, Pacific War • Occupation begins 11 January 1942 • First Battle of the Java Sea 27 February 1942 • Second Battle of the Java Sea 1 March 1942 • Dutch capitulation 9 March 1942 • Pontianak…
Japanese forces land on Java.
Dutch delegation at Kalijati during the negotiation for Dutch surrender