An Indonesian semi-super power.

Indonesia wanted to unify the South East Asia Territories under one government preferably under theirs. So they asked the Philippines to join their war in exchange of the Philippines getting back Sabah, of course Indonesia would eventually annex the Philippines once they are done with Malaysia?

No, they cannot annex the Philippines unless they have the guts to face America in a war.
 
And the rains stopped comming.

Late summer, Japan 1943.
Things were not looking well for the rice this year, in fact things were looking horrible for Japanese rice farmers. Some said it was because the sun was too hot and the rains did not come well as expected. Perhaps that was how it happened, but many farmers begged why? Why were their plants dying in droves in their paddies? The war was now turning against their home, their Empire! Some, the most loyal, claimed it was because the Americans were testing a new weapon on them, unleashing chemicals to kill their plants.Perhaps, some said it was because they were not sacrificing enough for the war effort, perhaps it was because they were not praying to the right spirits, or often enough, but some knew it was because too many of their sons, the boys who worked the fields were dying out on pathetic little islands. Dying for honor, no dying for starvation seemed more like it. For what ever the reasons, the rice fields failed that year, and Japan was looking down the barrell of a major food shorage, and the American gun.
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The pressures.
The Japanese rice crops failed in 1943. And because of the near famine in Japan, World War II would slowly end quite differently. With out the food to feed themselves, let alone their troops, the Japanese quickly began to exploit the relative bounty of her new found colonies. In China, were the worst of Japanese fury was always projected,food was literally stolen out of the Chinese's people's mouths. In the Second Rape of Nanking, the Japanese took all of the food in the city that they could find, and after eating a hearty meal, shipped most of the foodstuffs back to the mainland for redristribution. Thousands died of starvation. Scenes like this were repeted across the Empire, but the worst was found in the islands of Indonesia. Bountiful crops were grown across the islands, and tons of tropical fruits were picked that year. 1943 in Indonesia was turinng out to be a great year, and what the Indoneasions saw, the Japanese saw aswell.
The "Food Sanitary Recolection-Redristribution Act"
On paper, the Japanese's offer looked amazing. All of Indonesia, they said was soon to be home to a new, modern form of farming. Just arround harvest time, the Japanese soldiers would come arround and inspect the crops. Any food that was deemed unsanatairy would be collected, and the equvilent weight in rice would be return. However the rice never came. Whole villages worth of food was stolen, under the excuse of "bad water," "large ammounts of microscopic animals," and even "the consumtion of chickens has been linked lung cancer" were used as wool over the Indonesian's eyes. And true to Japanese efficency, the whole "sanitation campaign" was completed in a matter of days across most of Indonesia, leaving those who were warned little if any time to hide what they could. Indonesia was a success for the Japanese, easily making up a large portion of what the poor rice crop of that year had lost. However for the Indoneasian's the capaign was just above genocide. Thousands died of starvation. And after enough needless deaths, the relativly helpful Indoneasian's were turned into angry rebels. Rebels, trained, armed and equiped by the Japanese themselves.
The Winter of War.
The Winter of 1943-44 was the season that changed the whole future of Indonesia. In three short ruthlessly bloody weeks, the Indonesia had turned from a secure flank of Japanese defence to a boiling turmoil. Armed bands, with bamboo spears, knives, shovels, broomhandles, and what ever firearms they could grab, ruthlessly attacked the Japanese forces. The bloody uprising was fast, forcing the Japanese to flee the islands with little to no organization. Troopships left without troops, planes were abandoned on the runways, and across Indonesia, until the last invader was dead, war was waged. The Indonesan's attacked with a controlled bloodlust, saving any guns, planes, ships, and even a submarine left in port for repairs, in relative saftey, as the provisional government knew that they would need the equiptment incase the Japanese tried to invade again. And on January 17, 1944, the Indoneasian Flag was raised over every Island free from Japan. Indoneasia was free.

(Author's note: This is my first timeline, so expect it to get better with time. Next Time I will focus more on the internal workings of the Revolution as well as the formation and foundation of modern Indonesia. Anyone with knowlege, expertice, or experience of Indonesian history please feel free to help! I am mostly relying on Internet facts, and ugh Wikipedia, so your input will help make this ATL as interesting, detailed, and factually correct as possible.)
 
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