 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana August 15, 1945, vaJapan vakazviisa kumasimba eAllied. Mazuva maviri gare gare, kuziviswa kworusununguko rweIndonesiarakanga raziviswa. Maluku yakaziviswa kuva imwe yamatunhu eRepublic of Indonesia. Zvisinei, kuumbwa nenzvimbo yeMaluku panguva iyoyo kwakamanikidzwa kuitika muJakarta, nokuti pakarepo maJapan paakapa, Netherlands Indies Civil Administration NICA pakarepo yakapinda muMaluku kutora kutonga. Dutch yakadzora Maluku kusvikira muna 1949, apo muzvibvumirano zveDutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference, vaDutch vanoziva hurumende yeIndonesia. VaDutch vakakurumidza kusiya Maluku. Nemhaka yekusavimba kwakadzama kwehutungamiri hweIndonesia, iyo yainyanya kuve maMuslim eJava, muna 1951 Republic yakazvimiririra yeSouth Moluccas Indonesian: RMS, Republik Maluku Selatan yakaziviswa kuAmbon, ichitsigirwa neDutch. RMS yakanga ine tsigiro yakasimba pakati pevaimbova varwi vekoloni veMoluccan. Somugumisiro, mauto eIndonesia akapinda muMaluku kuti aparadze vapanduki. Nhare huru yeboka revapanduki veRMS paAmbon yakakundwa nemauto eIndonesia munaNovember 1950, nepo kurwira kwevarwi vadiki kwakapfuurira paChitsuwa cheSeram kusvika muna 1962. Kukundwa paAmbon zvisinei kwakaguma nekutiza kwehurumende yakazvizivisa yeRMS kubva kuzvitsuwa, uye kuumbwa kwehurumende iri muutapwa muNetherlands. Gore rakatevera racho varwi vokuMolucca vanenge 12 000 pamwe chete nemhuri dzavo vakaenda kuNetherlands, uko vakagadza hurumende iri muutapwa yeRepublic of the South Moluccas. 