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What would have happened if, after the Fall of France and the occupation of the Netherlands, Japan had declared an independent Indonesia? It declares its support for the Indonesian independence movement,and sends in troops to install a puppet government and displace the Dutch colonial administration. It thereby secures the rich oil and mineral resources of the Indies to support its war in China, while posing as an emancipator of colonial peoples. What effect would this have?
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