Focuses on the book 'The Last Typhoon,' by Graa Boomsma, which is thought to be the Netherland's first fictional account of the country's war in Indonesia. Boomsma's father, who served in the Dutch army from 1945 to 1950; Article in 'Independent on Sunday,' London.Doyle...
"Today we also have seen that apologies are needed to everyone in our country who had to live with the consequences of the colonial war in Indonesia," he said. Earlier on Thursday, a research report on the subject was presented as the result of five years of research. The research focused...
So the Dutch Are at WarSo the Dutch Are at WarFocuses on the war between the Dutch and the Indonesians in 1947. Dutchman and Indonesians' signing of the Cheribon agreement which stated that the Dutch would recognized full rule of the Indone...
Films Directed: Justice For Sale, Weapon of War Femke Wolting Age: 54 Femke Wolting is a Dutch independent new media producer. Birthplace: Ouder-Amstel, Netherlands Nationality: Netherlands Films Directed: Another Perfect World, Viktor & Rolf: Because We're Worth It! Fons Rademakers Dec. at...
Holy War Warriors,Laskar Jihad- a paramilitary terrorist organization of militant Muslims in Indonesia; wages a jihad against Christians in Indonesia; subscribes to the Wahhabi creed of Islam Mujahedeen Kompak- a militant Islamic militia that was formed in 2005 by hardliners who split from Jemaah...
movement. Political, economic and social dismantling of the Dutch colonial state meant that a new era was about to emerge. On 17 August 1945 Soekarno and Hatta proclaimed the independence of Indonesia, eight days after the Nagasaki atomic bombing and two days after Japan lost the war. ...
ww2dbaseThese three distinct and separate naval battles (Java Sea 1, Sunda Strait, Java Sea 2/Bawean Island) were the first large-scale engagements of the war between Japanese and Allied fleets, and they resulted in a decisive Japanese victory. (The Battle of the Java Sea – on the 27th...
The collapse of a colonial society : the Dutch in Indonesia during the Second World War The collapse of a colonial society : the Dutch in Indonesia during the Second World War L. de Jong ; with an introduction by Jeroen Kemperman (Verhandeling... LD Jong,J Kemperman - KITLV Press 被引...
DuringWorld War II, the Netherlands fell underNazi Germanoccupation, while Indonesia was occupied byJapan. Post-war, the Dutch attempted to reclaim their colony fiercely, unlike in former French colonies where cultural ties endured. Dutch New Guinea remained under Dutch control until 1962, when it...
On the eve of World War II there were some 15,200,000 Dutch- speaking people in the world. Of these 9,000,000 were Nether- landers, 4,500,000 were Flemish, 1,200,000 were Afrikaners and 500,000 were Netherlanders, Eurasians and Indonesia... A Vandenbosch - Springer Netherlands 被引...