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
The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence was read at 10:00 Tokyo Standard Time on Friday, 17 August 1945 in Jakarta. The declaration marked the start of the diplomatic and armed resistance of the I
Sukarno, accompanied by Mohammad Hatta (right), proclaiming the independence of Indonesia.
The original Indonesian proclamation of Independence
Sukarno praying before proclaiming the independence of Indonesia
Children playing in Proclamation Park, the site of the 1945 Indonesian proclamation of independence; monument designed by Nyoman Nuarta