Indonesian Independence
During World War II, the Japanese occupied Indonesia. The Japanese were welcomed by the people of Indonesia as liberators from the Dutch, however the Japanese turned out to be cruel dictators that used a lot of Indonesia's natural resources to help themselves in WWII. Since the Japanese were losing the war, they wanted to make Indonesia an independent country, so they could become their allies and fight in the war. On August 15, 1945, Japan surrendered. After the Japanese lost the war, and surrendered in 1945, the Indonesian Republic was established. The Indonesian Republic was made up of Java, Madura, and Sumatra. Sukarno was the president of the republic. After Japan surrendered, two Indonesian nationalists, Sukarno and Hatta, wanted to make the country independent before the Dutch could get to Indonesia. So, on August 17, 1945, Sukarno declared Indonesia's independence. Sukarno became the first president, and Hatta became the vice-president. The Dutch were not happy with this. In the beginning, the British landed troops in Indonesia, but they were neutral, and there were not many confrontations. In November 1946, the British left, and the Dutch put many men in Indonesia. At this time, the Indonesian Republic and the Dutch signed the Linggajati agreement. In this agreement, the Dutch recognized the new Indonesian Republic only in Java and Sumatra. The Dutch still claimed the rest of Indonesia. Still unhappy with this agreement, the Dutch tried to retake Indonesia, and invaded. However, they withdrew because of the resistance of Indonesia, and because other countries pressured them to stop. In December, 1948, the Dutch tried to invade Indonesia, in a last chance effort of retaking Indonesia. This time, Indonesia used guerrilla warfare against the Dutch, and Indonesia won with this tactic. Again, countries (mainly USA) were not happy with what the Dutch were doing, and wanted them to stop. The Dutch finally realized that they were fighting a losing battle, so they granted Independence to Indonesia on November 2, 1949, and their troops left in December, 1949. Indonesia today, uses August 17, 1945 as its Independence day. It wasn't until 2005, that the Dutch finally accepted this date as Indonesia's official Independence day.
In this essay, we used
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-inde.htm "
" http://www.mapsofworld.com/indonesia/independence-day.html "
" http://www.gimonca.com/sejarah/sejarah08.shtml "
" http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/17.htm "
In this essay, we used
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-inde.htm "
" http://www.mapsofworld.com/indonesia/independence-day.html "
" http://www.gimonca.com/sejarah/sejarah08.shtml "
" http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/17.htm "