Indonesian Revolution

  

Indonesian Revolution
Part of Great War II and the Cold War
Date 15 March 1954 – 24 June 1960 (6 years, 3 months, 1 week and 2 days) Location Indonesia Result PKI victory Independence of Indonesia from Japan Creation of the People's Republic of Indonesia Continuation of the Darul Islam Rebellion
Belligerents
1954-1957 PKI IPAJA Gerindo Darul Islam Supported by: United Commonwealth Kingdom of Sierra United Kingdom 1957-1960 KNIP PKI INLA Supported by: China United Commonwealth	1954-1957 Indonesian Union PETA Malaya Pasundan East Java East Indonesia Sumatra Japan 1957-1960 PRRI Darul Islam Malaya (1959-1960) Japanese holdouts Thailand Supported by: Kingdom of Sierra United Kingdom Tondo

The Indonesian Revolution, sometimes known as the War of National Liberation was an armed conflict that intersected with the Great War II. Beginning as a series of rebellions against the Japanese protectorate of the Indonesian Union from left-wing forces led by the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) and the Islamist Darul Islam movement after the defeat of Japan by Allied forces it became a civil war between the PKI-dominated Central Indonesian National Committee (KNIP) and the western supported Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI). The revolution would end with the victory of the KNIP backed by the United Commonwealth and China over the Sierran-British supported PRRI.

During the initial part of the conflict (1954-1957) fighting was marked by firm Japanese control over urban areas in Malaya, Sumatra and Java but a worsening collapse in authority in rural areas which came under PKI influence in Java and Malaya and Darul Islam influence in northern Sumatra. Following the surrender of Japan PKI backed groups took over cities such as Yogyakarta, Bandung and Penang where they would eventually consolidate control. International interventions would sustain the PRRI for a period but the loss of Jakarta in 1959 and Kuala Lumpar in 1960 would herald the end of the revolution and military victory of the PKI forces.

The revolution is an important event in Indonesian history bringing an end to colonial rule in the country and the beginning of the modern People's Republic.