Good video. Obviously ~150 years of history is very hard to compress to 12 minutes. But an important missing impression here is that, there was never a united "Indonesia" before 1945. The entire idea of the Indonesian nation state was in fact a modern invention, nobody in the 1800s called themselves as such, nor do they speak the language "Indonesian". They see themselves along ethnic and religous lines. Secondly, the entire archipelago was divided to numerous kingdoms and fiefdoms. Feudalism is the dominant form of political organization. With that also even before the Dutch came to trade, Javan, Sumatran, Makassan kingdoms and princes (among others) fought each other for dominance. But not a single kingdom managed to unify the archipelago under direct administration. This allows the Netherlands to conquer the vast islands: they did not fight a united people. They conquered numerous, smaller kingdoms, one by one. In modern day Indonesia children are taught in schools (myself included) the Dutch "divided and conquered" their way to success. As I read more as I get older, this is not true (but I understand why because we need to build a national identity). Furthermore, the strong aristrocratic (but divided) rule of the local sultans and princes allowed for an efficient administration, like you said, where the existing feudal order is reinforced by local rulers, now with Dutch guns, coordinated under a Dutch governor-general. "Ethical" policy only applies for the local aristrocratic elite. There is no general welfare. This pattern of colonial rule can also be seen in colonial British India, and Malaysia next door. I think this is important for people, especially the formerly colonized people to understand that colonialism is'nt enabled by race: it is emboldend feudal rule by the aristocratic class. But feudal rule was nothing to what is often overlooked: the suffering of my countrymen during WW2. John W. Dower cited the 1947 UN report that estimated 4 million famine and forced labor dead during the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia. 4 million, In the years 1942 -45. This immense suffering forged an strong sense of social solidarity, and immense distrust and skepticism of the old aristocrats. Like the Dutch, the fascist Japanese used local rulers as an extension of their rule. In a relatively short period of time, a national conciousness of a new nation was born. The thirst and desire for freedom was so strong that as fascist Japan retreated, That youth milita groups kidnapped Sukarno (most respected and senior nationalist figure that prefers gradual and diplomatic independence) and threatened him to proclaim Independence without anyone's permission, or else. It was also clear that the Dutch wanted to rule over us again, but it was not without the fanatical resistance of the Indonesian revolution like the battle of Surabaya '45 that the international community cared and the allies to force the Dutch to stop their aggression, largely because the Dutch was using their Marshall plan funds for the war. The bloody Indonesian revolution allowed for a new order to be born out of the ruins of the old : no emperors, no queens, no sultans (except for Jogjakarta which supported the Republic during the revolution), all Dutch companies are nationalized, all Indo-Dutch are forced to return to the Netherlands. Today, the struggle for democracy is still on-going. Indonesians elected their first president directly only in 2004. Greetings from Jakarta. I've been to the Hague and Amsterdam. Lovely places.

Second comment coming from Batavia but currently at Buitenzorg ...we were told at school that the Dutch use “devide et impera” tactics but i think all colonial power all across the ages from roman times to modern era all use the same if not similar methods 😁

Amazing again moving onto Indonesia independence now 😉 and is in my top 5 fav channels 👍🏻 ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Again, great work, keep it up!

Keep it up Stefan! I remember watching this again!

for this kind of quality content you definitely deserve more SUBSCRIBER!!

I was wondering if you could possibly find the history of "afdeeling padanglawas" from the begining of dutch military looking for Tuanku Tambusi who was the troop in chief of Tuanku Imam Bonjol . Thanks a lot, your streaming is really usefull for us in Indonesia sir

This is so goooooood

Keep on keeping on buddy! Love the videos!

Zal voor de verandering is in NL’s reageren. Dit was een goede video, bedankt. Enige fout die je in mijn optiek maakte was de verhouding van Europese soldaten en Indo soldaten. Enig idee waar goede literatuur (gelieve online) over te vinden is over het Nederlands koloniaal verleden? Het is moeilijk om in zo’n lange geschiedenis echt een rode draad terug te vinden. Ik vind zelf de geografische/koloniale verschuivingen vooral van Nederland enorm interessant en hoe dat tot stand is gekomen. Heb jij enig idee? Gegroet van een mede geschiedenis freak

I have a question but will u respond asp bc I need help with my hw my question is “How did Imperialism change Indonesia”? I would appreciate if u could help Me

Well made video. What was the source of the background starting at @2:33, I'd heard this in many Dutch Colonial videos :)

You did a nice job on this! Will watch the other documentries , you made/make! BTW; Can you provide some info on former Dutch ex-Waffen SS soldiers which were captured after the war and send to fight in Indonesia during the Politionele Acties for the Dutch?

Excellent research. 1:55 why are there other nationalities other than Dutch in the KNIL?

Imagine the colonial of the past.... Indonesians have accepted the doctrine not to trust anyone after independence........ Actually we learned something like "Don't want to be colonized by other people".... It's actually very scary to have to remember the history of colonization by other countries such as Portugese, UK, Spain, the Netherlands and Japan! Colonized by 5 countries in history! 🤧

First comment, From Sumatra Jambi Province of Indonesia

we will never forget forever about the VOC

As an Indonesian what can one say but God bless America!

Please make a video about the movie Max Havelaar..

6:42 wel have i ever.. a ducth flag waving next to a moutain so tall the top is snowed?

Another interesting moment. It was famous Russian botanist A. N. Krasnov and he did travel to Dutch colonies during 1892. He described in his book that it was forbidden for all local people even for servants, stuarts, rulers to study Dutch language. In case, that Dutch didn't want to spread any knowledge or any important information about yourself. And it was a big difference from English colonies. Is it really was like that how he disribed? Thank you.

2:47 Sultanate of Aceh is Ottoman Empire Protectorate before conquered by Dutch in 1903 they very close to Turks and Recognize Ottoman Empire as Caliphate for Muslims Ummah

Every time I watch one of these history videos about terrible atrocities and governments over stepping there bounds it always seems to come back to censorship in some way. I hope we learn from our mistakes one day.

It seems indonesia obtained the independence fortunately, when dutch and japan defeated so no one was controlled indonesia at that moment

Indonesia tak akan ada tanpa peran penting belanda yang berhasil menaklukkan raja2 nusantara sehingga menjadi satu wilayah kolonial yang bernama hindia belanda...jadi menurutku yang berhasil menyatukan nusantara menjadi negara kesatuan indonesia adalah belanda.

Now Indonesia and the Netherlands are friends 🇮🇩🤝🇳🇱

Keep on track dude, reveal the history by objective opinion.

Because they just going dutch.. Yep, that is what happen.. Indonesia as a nation is a serendipity of Dutch colonialism.. If not because of the same fate our ancestor endure then there will be hundreds of nations in what is now Indonesia.. And those nation might have many rivalry over many issue..

You should explain nederland indies rules that pribumi is third class in all of sector and salary, thats why they want to free from dutch colonialism. You should explain "dog and pribumi not to enter this room/building".

I come from Riau... You may come to Siak empire ( Siak-Riau ). We have a sultan..his name is Sultan syarif qasim

And now it's rare for Indonesians of Dutch descent

I wonder why when Germany invaded and ruled the Nethelands in 1939 why East Indies still rules as usual by themselves until 1942? Did Hitler had hasn't any interest to them? Or maybe there are other things I am yet to know?

comment from medan north sumatra

40 to 80.... should be 40 to 60% I guess

I from Indonesia:O

please learn, Japan ww2 formed local military organizations and community institutions in the Dutch East Indies, (like: heiho, kyode be geugun(peta), putera, java hokokai, seinendan, jibakutai, tokubetsu kaisatsu tai) the aim of the propaganda was to hate the Dutch and fight the allies... so that when British troops entered the Dutch East Indies, they encountered resistance from local people who were affected by Japanese doctrine, which resulted in a period of bersiap and conflict with the Dutch,, Local Military kyode be geugun (PETA) have 36000 soldiers, for fighting the dutc and Allied..

ACEH 🔥

in that time, dutch was a great country, dutchman like germany, not like england. based on my grandfa story, old generation of dutch were evil, and many educated dutch was good with Indonesian...

I remembered when i was in Senior High, i was in public transportation in Parapat. And among us there was 2 white peolple. One local guy was asked me to ask the white of where they came from. I asked them and they said they are from dutch or in Indonesia we call Bolanda. People stopped the car and ask them to go out from the car just as they knew they are dutch.... No more occupation no matter what the form is...

the british established the british Commonwealth

The Dutch are very epic when it comes to Colonization, but they get the biggest kick from indonesia, very sad... Dutch east indies big restoration. That unless Nato 😣😣😣😂😂😂😣😣😣🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇲🇨🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

why did he skip the liberal system

The Dutch flag is dark red and the Indonesians tore the blue, so the red is the same

GEKOLONISEERD

How dutch controlled majapahit empire

kalian sungguh kejam

Dutch government on Indonesia surrendered to Japan soldiers for only one week And Dutch government in Netherland surrendered to Hitler for only 3 days. So why didn't explain it too so we can appreciate to Mr. Hitler to occupied the Dutch so because of Hitler's role so Indonesian could expressed their independence status to Dutch. For Indonesian, Hitler is viewed as a hero.

Hilbert de Indo

The dutch slavery is more cruel than SS

Urgh you copy crash course (John Green)

I kinda sad the dutch didn't convert us into Christianity. You know why?

Netherland is mean nothing for us.