Japanese Occupation

         Japan invaded Indonesia during WWII from March 1942 to 1945 (B). The Japanese occupied Indonesia for their natural resources and raw materials. During the 3 years, Japan committed corruption by the use of slave trade, which led to starvation and diseases(A). Also the Japanese government forced Indonesians to join WWII and fight for Japan. The people, who did not attend the war, were treated as slaves and forced to grow crops to sell to other European countries (B). None of the food that the farmers cropped got to keep the food for themselves because there a high demand in goods. After the Japanese invaded, they divided Indonesia into three parts, Sumatra, Java and Madura(D). The affects of the Japanese Occupation affected Indonesia in both negative and positive ways.

   Japan increased power amount the local population of Indonesia, by promoting the Indonesian language, Bahasa, as the national language (B). Additionally, Japan reunited the separate islands to support the nationalists. Trying to make Indonesians like the Japanese, Japan continued raising nationalism (A). Everything that the Japanese did, failed against them. Nationalists began revolting against the Japanese military, which gave confident to leaders, Sukarno and Mohammed Hatta.  They both declared Indonesia’s Independence on Aug. 17, 1945, which was a few days before Nagasaki ( a city in Japan) was destroyed by an atomic bomb (A).