Nharaunda yeIndonesia yemazuva ano yaiva chikamu cheDutch East Indies, nyika yaitongwa neNetherlands, kubva muna 1800 kusvika muna 1942. Mauto eJapan akapinda muna March 1942, akadzinga mauto echiDutch, ndokutora Dutch East Indies. Pashure pokukundwa nokuzviisa pasi kweJapan
muna August 1945, Sukarno akabva angoparidza kuzvitonga kweIndonesia kubva muhurumende yeDutch musi wa17 August 1945. Izvi zvakaita kuti vaDutch vazivise hondo kuvapanduki vokuIndonesia, uye vakaedza kudzorera utongi hwechikoloni muIndonesia. Pashure pemakore mana nehafu okurwa, Netherlands yakaziva zviri pamutemo kuti Indonesia ndiyo yaiva nesimba pamusoro penyika yacho muna December 1949.