<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-Dutch East Indies i-Indonesia yanamuhla yayiyikoloni eliyinhloko lamaDashi e-Asia, futhi yathathwa yiJapane ngo-1942. Ngesikhathi se-Dutch East Indies Campaign, iNetherlands yadlala indima ebalulekile emzamweni we-Allied wokumisa ukuqhubekela phambili kwamaJapane njengengxenye ye-American-British-Dutch-Australian ABDA Command. Imikhumbi ye-ABDA yagcina ihlangane nemikhumbi yaseJapane eMpini yoLwandle lwaseJava, lapho uDoorman anikeza khona umyalo wokulwa. Ngesikhathi sempi eyalandela imikhumbi ye-ABDA yalahlekelwa kakhulu, futhi yacekelwa phansi kakhulu ngemuva kwezimpi eziningana zasolwandle ezizungeze iJava; i-ABDA Command yahlakazeka kamuva. AmaJapane agcina esehlala eNetherlands East Indies ngoFebruary-March 1942. Amabutho aseNetherlands, izindiza nemikhumbi eyayibalekile yaqhubeka nokulwa ohlangothini lwama-Allied futhi yabuye yafaka  <response>: umkhankaso wamavukela-mbuso eTimor. 