Thank you. I never knew about the ww2 situation in Ambon. My great grandfather and my grandfather saved and hid an Australian fighter who crashed in my village, which is left to Laha Airfield. After the war the fighter went home. My dad and the son of that fighter still have contact.
Hi an.greetings from Argentina ..War and war time.experiences.are very bonding .I am happy that your dad and brother are still in touch with the Aussie fighter .thank goodness for the good people of this world Have a good life .all the best
My grandfather, "Ben" Schillmoller, commanded the Garrison at Manado. Sadly it was not much of a contest. They attempted to fight a guerrilla war from the jungles for a while, but ultimately surrendered. Many of my family spent the war in Japanese POW camps; and my grandmother, Ans (who led the Dutch Red Cross), ultimately died in the camp.
@@febrianggamison4589 what do u mean do nothing for the natives? The netherlands gave minahasan they education way before the javanese, they live side by side with the minahasan people and were treated equal, they brought them medicine, religion, infrastructure, even the minahasan people doesn't feel like their being occupied until the Japanese came with the misfortunes
Thank you for taking the time to present a well laid out and superbly archived history of these WW2 operations. You've added a great deal towards the understanding of this overlooked area of WW2 history.
I live in North Celebes in Minahasa High Mountain Regency, near 40KM from Menado. Many Japanese Bunker can found in here, they dig many caves on mountain and hill, many of these cave still survive until now.
A few weeks ago I went to explore abandoned Japanese bunkers in Toraja-Palopo peak area. It is located in South Sulawesi provincial road Toraja-Palopo. There are many bunkers left by Japanese army during WW2 there.
These videos are gold! I hardly ever hear about the Japanese invasion of the east indies (except naval battles like java sea), it's a neglected subject in WWII, I've seen plenty about the malaya/Singapore and Philippine campaigns but not much about the Dutch islands
“Invasion” 😂🤣 The locals saw the Japanese as “liberators”. About time you stop watching warped history. European colonization was brutal all over the world. Even after WW2, Japanese soldiers stayed and helped Indonesia drive the Dutch out.
thank you for making this video.. what a good illustration, by the way.. my grandpa was an indonesian independence soldier in his young days... u may recognize tht japan only colonized us in 3 years, but they left more pain and blood than what dutch did in 350years
Two brigades of the Australian 8th division were lost in Singapore. The other brigade was lost in Ambon, Rabaul and Timor. The other three divisions of the AIF had been sent to North Africa at the request of Churchill. The British simply had no interest in defending Australia or any of its possessions in the Pacific such as New Guinea, Rabaul and the Solomons.
It goes back to the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. The problem with the attack on Singapore is that the Japanese were well prepared using French Indo-China as a launching pad and as this series explains, they came with force including eight submarines. The French were paranoid about Italy taking their North African colonies specifically Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia plus Corsica off the Italian coast so that is probably the reason why the initial French Indo-China (Vietnam) Marine Nationale taskforce was seemingly inadequate. Naval infrastructure in what is now Vietnam may have also been an issue. The 1940 Mers-el-Kabir incident in French Algeria made things worse by creating a Vichy anti-British propaganda coup. In this region, things would look far worse if a German tropical warfare battalion or taskforce built up over time in what was to largely become the Indonesian archipelago courtesy of Monsun Gruppe pending the then undetermined length of the war. Catastrophic if Axis aligned Dutch SS troops were sent out in a full-scale propaganda exercise against the remaining allied troops and KNIL. The most significant ramification out of all this came from the actions of Prime Minister Curtin in January 1942 from a foreign policy standpoint but one must consider that whilst Australia had no aircraft carrier or battleships it had the undiscovered iron ore in the Pilbara and the steelmaking capability to build them. But perfected submarine and torpedo boat technology would probably be more advantageous. What Australia did have going for it was the geographical fact being an island continent with harsh and unpredictable weather and geographical conditions from the potential invaders' standpoint above the Tropic of Capricorn and an inland capital city. The latter being the best example of regional development in Australia ironically created to end the interstate rivalry between the largest Australian cities.
Love your channel man!! Unlike other people i dont mind too much that robotic voice but i do think the music in the background is a bit too loud, it makes you have to really focus on the words... Other than that its really good content
More undeniable proof of the barbaric nature of the Imperial Japanese Military Forces with the execution of KNIL Dutch soldiers who dared to fight well as expected of any nations soldiers. Salute to my Dutch,British & American friends from Australia..🇦🇺🇱🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧
All of these are so very well made and researched. Kudos on the excellent care you take and we will always forgive the slight mistakes in light of the incredible content. Thank you again for this.
My grandfather was a knil soldier. But I was always afraid to ask him anything from the war. He only told me a few things, along with the things he told my dad. Nice to have a bit more insight in what happend there.
The Pacific war seemed like such a flash in the pan. It is hard to imagine that just a year after Pearl Harbor Japan was already defeated and it was only a matter of time before defeat followed. It is even harder to think this was accomplished as a secondary consideration to fighting in Europe.
Defending a colonial islanf that has 3 million native inhabitants with 3100 soldiers... I am amazed that the Dutch even managed to police it with so few troops...
Strange how the the native troops were constantly surrendering, even after very little to no fighting. It's like they didn't care about defending their homelands.
The Japanese propaganda styled it as a war of East Asian people against European occupiers. They had a lot more sympathisers than what the history books written by the victors would later show. However, like the Germans, they managed to bring up the locals against them or at least to not make full use of the local human resource pool, through racial arrogance and persecution. Also, as you can see when reading between the lines (or hear when listening between the comments), the Dutch only exploited the resources of the islands to enrich themselves, while barely doing anything to develop the islands, which is the reason why there was no local economy or forces to fight the Japanese, despite millions of inhabitants and lots of oil, minerals, land for plantations and so on.
@@carldombrowski8719 . I've never understood why both the Japanese and Germans let their racism throw away the usefulness of having the support of the local populations that could have been theirs.
@@grahvis I think a lot of the fascist ideology was about insecurity and trying to appear tough by being intolerant towards anyone who does not belong. With religious feelings also playing a large role in deciding who to hate or who to consider different - non-religious people (communists) in Germany, anyone not accepting the Japanese emperor in Japan. Darwinism certainly played a role in the wish to get rid of anyone deemed inferior and hating anyone who appeared to be better. Abolishing or never having had democracy or a free press also helped remove all checks on excesses once the extremists were in charge, so no corrections happened, unlike the Anglo-Saxon countries, where similar ideas came up but anyone pursuing them was eventually stopped.
@@carldombrowski8719 you are ignorant about religion in Germany. Hitler HATED the church, in fact, late in the war he regretted not eliminating it entirely like Stalin did. Hitler wished he could have massacred Christians like Stalin, but it was too late.
The Netherlands East-Indies was a colony of administration, not a colony of settlement. That is the reason that there were only around 6000 Dutch civilians living in Sumatra at this time.
The Japanese treated the indigenous people of the lands they conquered far more brutally than the Europeans had. Many died of starvation or were worked to death as slave laborers under harsh conditions. Not much of a liberation.
Liberated is hardly the correct word . Over 2,5 mio people of Indonesia died of starvation during this japanese "liberation". The japenes treated the local population during occupation alsways as slaves. So ; fiction and nonsense !
Thank you. I never knew about the ww2 situation in Ambon. My great grandfather and my grandfather saved and hid an Australian fighter who crashed in my village, which is left to Laha Airfield. After the war the fighter went home. My dad and the son of that fighter still have contact.
Hi an.greetings from Argentina ..War and war time.experiences.are very bonding .I am happy that your dad and brother are still in touch with the Aussie fighter .thank goodness for the good people of this world
Have a good life .all the best
Ihh kk org laha k
My grandfather, "Ben" Schillmoller, commanded the Garrison at Manado. Sadly it was not much of a contest.
They attempted to fight a guerrilla war from the jungles for a while, but ultimately surrendered.
Many of my family spent the war in Japanese POW camps; and my grandmother, Ans (who led the Dutch Red Cross), ultimately died in the camp.
Playing at the game of imperialism is a dangerous venture.
@@if1259, True. Upon liberation from the camps, the Dutch were personas non gratis and many went back to Holland or Australia.
Native : it is not my bussines. Netherland do nothing for native
@@febrianggamison4589 what do u mean do nothing for the natives? The netherlands gave minahasan they education way before the javanese, they live side by side with the minahasan people and were treated equal, they brought them medicine, religion, infrastructure, even the minahasan people doesn't feel like their being occupied until the Japanese came with the misfortunes
instaBlaster.
Thank you for making this series about the conquest of the Dutch East Indies. Even in my homeland (The Netherlands) a forgotten campaign.
Omdat ze niks kunnen winnen
Thank you for taking the time to present a well laid out and superbly archived history of these WW2 operations. You've added a great deal towards the understanding of this overlooked area of WW2 history.
I live in North Celebes in Minahasa High Mountain Regency, near 40KM from Menado. Many Japanese Bunker can found in here, they dig many caves on mountain and hill, many of these cave still survive until now.
A few weeks ago I went to explore abandoned Japanese bunkers in Toraja-Palopo peak area. It is located in South Sulawesi provincial road Toraja-Palopo. There are many bunkers left by Japanese army during WW2 there.
Toraja
Camba enrekang wkwkwk apalah daya sudiang nda ada di situ hahaha
thank you for making this and sharing it with us. very interesting and important to remember these portions of WWII
Thank you so much, there is like no content on this, which I need for my Role Play for the Defense lol.
One day this will have 1 million views
Glad i got in here first
These videos are gold! I hardly ever hear about the Japanese invasion of the east indies (except naval battles like java sea), it's a neglected subject in WWII, I've seen plenty about the malaya/Singapore and Philippine campaigns but not much about the Dutch islands
“Invasion” 😂🤣
The locals saw the Japanese as “liberators”.
About time you stop watching warped history.
European colonization was brutal all over the world.
Even after WW2, Japanese soldiers stayed and helped Indonesia drive the Dutch out.
Well said.where are you from sir?@salvadorvizcarra769
Excellent videos. I am using them to annotate my Marc Herman Empire of the Sun Soft Map..
The quality of this content is crazy
Very good job. Congratulations and greetings from Brazil.
I used to spend my childhood exploring the japanese bunker near my house..
The best history channel without any doubt.
thank you for making this video.. what a good illustration, by the way.. my grandpa was an indonesian independence soldier in his young days... u may recognize tht japan only colonized us in 3 years, but they left more pain and blood than what dutch did in 350years
Two brigades of the Australian 8th division were lost in Singapore. The other brigade was lost in Ambon, Rabaul and Timor. The other three divisions of the AIF had been sent to North Africa at the request of Churchill.
The British simply had no interest in defending Australia or any of its possessions in the Pacific such as New Guinea, Rabaul and the Solomons.
It goes back to the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. The problem with the attack on Singapore is that the Japanese were well prepared using French Indo-China as a launching pad and as this series explains, they came with force including eight submarines. The French were paranoid about Italy taking their North African colonies specifically Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia plus Corsica off the Italian coast so that is probably the reason why the initial French Indo-China (Vietnam) Marine Nationale taskforce was seemingly inadequate. Naval infrastructure in what is now Vietnam may have also been an issue. The 1940 Mers-el-Kabir incident in French Algeria made things worse by creating a Vichy anti-British propaganda coup. In this region, things would look far worse if a German tropical warfare battalion or taskforce built up over time in what was to largely become the Indonesian archipelago courtesy of Monsun Gruppe pending the then undetermined length of the war. Catastrophic if Axis aligned Dutch SS troops were sent out in a full-scale propaganda exercise against the remaining allied troops and KNIL. The most significant ramification out of all this came from the actions of Prime Minister Curtin in January 1942 from a foreign policy standpoint but one must consider that whilst Australia had no aircraft carrier or battleships it had the undiscovered iron ore in the Pilbara and the steelmaking capability to build them. But perfected submarine and torpedo boat technology would probably be more advantageous. What Australia did have going for it was the geographical fact being an island continent with harsh and unpredictable weather and geographical conditions from the potential invaders' standpoint above the Tropic of Capricorn and an inland capital city. The latter being the best example of regional development in Australia ironically created to end the interstate rivalry between the largest Australian cities.
Love your channel man!! Unlike other people i dont mind too much that robotic voice but i do think the music in the background is a bit too loud, it makes you have to really focus on the words... Other than that its really good content
More undeniable proof of the barbaric nature of the Imperial Japanese Military Forces with the execution of KNIL Dutch soldiers who dared to fight well as expected of any nations soldiers. Salute to my Dutch,British & American friends from Australia..🇦🇺🇱🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧
All of these are so very well made and researched. Kudos on the excellent care you take and we will always forgive the slight mistakes in light of the incredible content. Thank you again for this.
My grandfather was a knil soldier. But I was always afraid to ask him anything from the war. He only told me a few things, along with the things he told my dad. Nice to have a bit more insight in what happend there.
I am from Makassar, south of Sulawesi
Amazing content. So unique !
Thank you 🙌
nice story telling. may u make a Bahasa Indonesia subtitle please
Note, we will consider that, but what if we translate our videos to Bahasa Melayu?
I became your fan. Do you have the Battle of Bataan and Corregidor? I think you miss that one!
Nice
The Pacific war seemed like such a flash in the pan.
It is hard to imagine that just a year after Pearl Harbor
Japan was already defeated and it was only a matter of time
before defeat followed. It is even harder to think this was accomplished
as a secondary consideration to fighting in Europe.
I lived in ambon
Why the music?
Because the maker is Japanese and quite proud.
@@rogerpattube .....i wonder if he will give the same detailed attention to the japanese defeats ??
What name is the japanese music in the conclusion scene
Awesome
What name is the japanese victory music?
thanks mate but i prefer your natural voice instead of the AI voice.
I keep hearing "Silly Bees..."
Defending a colonial islanf that has 3 million native inhabitants with 3100 soldiers... I am amazed that the Dutch even managed to police it with so few troops...
Did the Japanese have sports cars 🏎?
I live in indonesian
Strange how the the native troops were constantly surrendering, even after very little to no fighting.
It's like they didn't care about defending their homelands.
The Japanese propaganda styled it as a war of East Asian people against European occupiers. They had a lot more sympathisers than what the history books written by the victors would later show. However, like the Germans, they managed to bring up the locals against them or at least to not make full use of the local human resource pool, through racial arrogance and persecution. Also, as you can see when reading between the lines (or hear when listening between the comments), the Dutch only exploited the resources of the islands to enrich themselves, while barely doing anything to develop the islands, which is the reason why there was no local economy or forces to fight the Japanese, despite millions of inhabitants and lots of oil, minerals, land for plantations and so on.
@@carldombrowski8719 .
I've never understood why both the Japanese and Germans let their racism throw away the usefulness of having the support of the local populations that could have been theirs.
@@grahvis I think a lot of the fascist ideology was about insecurity and trying to appear tough by being intolerant towards anyone who does not belong. With religious feelings also playing a large role in deciding who to hate or who to consider different - non-religious people (communists) in Germany, anyone not accepting the Japanese emperor in Japan. Darwinism certainly played a role in the wish to get rid of anyone deemed inferior and hating anyone who appeared to be better. Abolishing or never having had democracy or a free press also helped remove all checks on excesses once the extremists were in charge, so no corrections happened, unlike the Anglo-Saxon countries, where similar ideas came up but anyone pursuing them was eventually stopped.
@@carldombrowski8719 Exactly
@@carldombrowski8719 you are ignorant about religion in Germany. Hitler HATED the church, in fact, late in the war he regretted not eliminating it entirely like Stalin did. Hitler wished he could have massacred Christians like Stalin, but it was too late.
Meanwhile, Japan is still fighting in Malaya until 15 February 1942
Yes Australia liberated Sarawak ...
I wish they would update this with a native english speaker. where are the sealy bees?
Long live a emperor.
My Grandfather live in Kendari
sora no shinpei.
ah yes the invasion of the silly bees
The Dutch were tinpot imperialist.
The Germans conquered Holland in 1 day.
The Japanese conquered Dutch East Indies in 1 day,
The Netherlands East-Indies was a colony of administration, not a colony of settlement. That is the reason that there were only around 6000 Dutch civilians living in Sumatra at this time.
He who tries to defend everything defends nothing. Perhaps concentrating scattered garrisons might have delayed the conquest of the indies.
Having a Brit accent doesn't make robovoices any better
FUCKING HELL THE ROBOT VOICE
Silly bees
INDONESIA IS PANCASILA DALAM BINEKATUNGGALIKA...
May I humbly suggest you get narrators who can actually speak correctly pronounced English? You know, like a HUMAN one?
clearly the Dutch, Japanese and allies were defeated and beaten back by the Indonesian military
@michael boultinghouse
even with weapons as they are, they can win, great and smart
Indo only good at bombing civilians in night clubs cowards
Speak properly.
I can t japan I love anak sarawak
Thank Australia for liberating Sarawak.
Too much native deserted, enough for th dutch
Japan liberated ASIA from western colonies👍
🖕
The Japanese treated the indigenous people of the lands they conquered far more brutally than the Europeans had. Many died of starvation or were worked to death as slave laborers under harsh conditions. Not much of a liberation.
Liberated is hardly the correct word . Over 2,5 mio people of Indonesia died of starvation during this japanese "liberation". The japenes treated the local population during occupation alsways as slaves.
So ; fiction and nonsense !
Stop with the lies. The Japanese dealt with the local populations brutally.
Exactly, long live a emperor.
the worst I have encountered of the history channels ... pathetic
The best history cheenel