<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Indawo manje eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Indonesia yayiyingxenye yeDutch East Indies, ikoloni laseNetherlands, kusukela ngo-1800 kuya ku-1942. Amabutho aseJapane ahlasela ngo-March 1942, axosha amabutho aseNetherlands, futhi athatha iDutch East Indies. Ngemva  <response>: Ukunqotshwa nokuzinikela kweJapane ngo-Agasti 1945, uSukarno ngokushesha wamemezela ukuzimela kwe-Indonesia ekubuseni kwamaDashi ngo-Agasti 17, 1945. Lokhu kwaholela amaDashi ukuba amemezele impi kuma-separatists ase-Indonesia, futhi azame ukubuyisela ukubusa kwamakoloni e-Indonesia. Ngemva kweminyaka emine nengxenye yempi, iNetherlands yaqaphela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi i-Indonesia iyibusa ngo-December 1949. 