 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - mauto eJapane akasvika muLuwuk pana 15 May 1942. VaJapan vakakwanisa kudzinga vanhu vokuNetherlands uye vakatora nzvimbo yeCentral Sulawesi munguva pfupi. Mukati mokubata kwechiJapan, upenyu hwavanhu hwakanga huchiwedzera kuora mwoyo uye nhamo yemibato yose yavanhu yakanga ine donzo bedzi rokutsigira hondo yechiJapan. Mamiriro ezvinhu aya akapfuurira kusvikira Japan yakapa kuvaAllies uye yakateverwa nokuziviswa kworusunungukoweRepublic of Indonesia. Pakutanga kworusununguko, Central Sulawesi yaiva chikamu chepurovhinzi yeSulawesi. VaDutch vakaedza kudzokera munharaunda yacho, zvichiguma nehondo yeropa pakati pevaDutch nevaIndonesia. Mushure meDutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference, maDutch anoziva Indonesia uye anobvisa kubva munharaunda. 