 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1942, Japan yakapinda muNetherlands East Indies. VaDutch vakazviisa pasi mwedzi miviri gare gare muJava, vaIndonesia pakutanga vachigamuchira vaJapan sevanunuri. Kubatwa kwakazoitwa Indonesia neJapan muHondo Yenyika II kwakaguma nekuparadzwa kwehupfumi, zvematongerwo enyika uye magariro ehurumende yeDutch, ikatsiviwa nehurumende yeJapan. Mumakumi emakore hondo isati yatanga, vaDutch vakanga vabudirira zvikuru mukudzvinyirira sangano duku rorudzi muIndonesia zvokuti kutonga kweJapan kwakaratidza kuva kunokosha nokuda kworusununguko rweIndonesia. Zvisinei, Indonesian Communist Party yakavambwa neDutch socialist Henk Sneevliet muna 1914, yaizivikanwawo nevashandi veDutch uye vafambisi vengarava panguva iyoyo, yaive mubatanidzwa wezano neSarekat Islam q.v. kutanga kwa1917 kusvika kuChiziviso cheIndonesia Independenceuye yakanga ichikosha zvikuru mukurwisana nechiJapan chakanga chichitora Netherlands East Indies muHondo Yenyika II. VaJapan vakakurudzira uye vakatsigira urudzi hweIndonesia umo masangano matsva emarudzi akagadzirwa uye vatungamiriri verudzi vakadai saSukarno vakasimudzirwa. Kuvharirwa kwevagari vose veNetherlands kwakareva kuti vaIndonesia vakazadza nzvimbo zhinji dzokutungamirira nedzokutarisira, kunyange zvazvo nzvimbo dzakakwirira dzichiri kubatwa navaJapan. 