Indonesian National Revolution

The Indonesian National Revolution, or the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during postwar and postcolonial Indonesia. It took place between Indonesia's declaration of independence in 1945 and the Netherlands' transfer of sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia at the end of 1949.

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Indonesian National Revolution
Part of the aftermath of the Second World War and Decolonisation of Asia
Clockwise from top right: Remains of the car of Brigadier Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby, where he was killed on 30 October 1945 during the Battle of Surabaya A village near Bandung, where a number of houses were set on fire. Two Indonesian soldiers are visible on the left of the picture. Delegations of Indonesia and Netherlands arriving at Linggarjati Hill ahead of the Linggadjati Agreement Padang, West Sumatra, after Operation Kraai Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta before their exilement to Brastagi, North Sumatra Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signing the Soevereiniteitsoverdracht (Transfer of Sovereignty) of Indonesia.
Date 17 August 1945 – 27 December 1949 Location Dutch East Indies (today Indonesia) Result Indonesian political victory[1] Dutch military victory[2][3] Dutch recognition of the Indonesian independence in the Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference Formation of the United States of Indonesia Creation of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union
Belligerents
Indonesia PDRI TNI POLRI Japanese holdouts Supported by:  Australia[lower-alpha 1][4]  United States[lower-alpha 2][5] India[lower-alpha 3][6]	Netherlands[lower-alpha 4] Dutch East Indies KNIL NICA APRA Pao An Tui[lower-alpha 5]  United Kingdom[lower-alpha 6]  India[lower-alpha 6] Japan[lower-alpha 6] Internal Conflict: Darul Islam People's Democratic Front
Commanders and leaders
Sukarno Mohammad Hatta Sudirman and others...	H. J. van Mook Louis Mountbatten Sekarmadji Kartosoewirjo  Abdul Kahar Muzakkar  † Musso  † Amir Sjarifuddin
Strength
Republican Army: 150,000[7] Youth volunteers: 100,000[8] Japanese volunteers: 903[9] Indian defectors: 600[10]	Netherlands: 180,000 KNIL: 65,000[11] United Kingdom: 60,000[12] Japan: 35,000[12]
Casualties and losses
Indonesia: (civilian and combatants): between 25,000 and 100,000 dead[13][14][15] Japanese volunteers: 531 dead[9] Indian defectors: 525 dead[10]	Netherlands: 4,585 dead[16] United Kingdom: 980 dead[17] Japan: 1,057 dead[18]

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The four-year struggle involved sporadic but bloody armed conflict, internal Indonesian political and communal upheavals, and two major international diplomatic interventions. Dutch military forces (and, for a while, the forces of the World War II allies) were able to control the major towns, cities and industrial assets in Republican heartlands on Java and Sumatra but could not control the countryside. By 1949, international pressure on the Netherlands, the United States threatening to cut off all economic aid for World War II rebuilding efforts to the Netherlands and the partial military stalemate became such that the Netherlands transferred sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia.[19]

The revolution marked the end of the colonial administration of the Dutch East Indies, except for New Guinea. It also significantly changed ethnic castes as well as reducing the power of many of the local rulers (raja). It did not significantly improve the economic or political fortunes of the majority of the population, although a few Indonesians were able to gain a larger role in commerce.[20]