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How Japan Destroyed the Dutch Empire - Pacific War DOCUMENTARY
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Kings and Generals' historical animated documentary series covering the Pacific War continues with a video on the early Japanese success during the Dutch East Indies Campaign ending the Dutch Empire. The Dutch East Indies Campaign was one of the most decisive and wide-ranging operations of the Pacific War. In this video, we follow Japan’s drive to seize the oil, rubber, tin, and strategic airfields of the archipelago, beginning with British Borneo and expanding through Tarakan, Manado, Balikpapan, Kendari, Ambon, Banjarmasin, Palembang, Bali, Timor, Sumatra, and finally Java itself. The story covers amphibious invasions, paratrooper assaults, jungle advances, naval clashes, and the desperate Allied effort to hold together the Malay Barrier under ABDACOM. You will see how Japanese coordination between army, navy, and air power overwhelmed Dutch, British, Australian, and American defenders, despite moments of fierce resistance and several daring Allied counterattacks at sea. The video also explores the First Battle of the Java Sea, the collapse of Java, and the final surrender that opened the Indian Ocean approaches to Japan. But this is not only a campaign narrative. It also examines the aftermath of conquest: occupation, forced labor, atrocities, resistance movements, and the political changes that helped pave the way for Indonesian independence. This is the full story of one of the Pacific War’s most important campaigns.
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