Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Dutch East Indies (maanta oo Indonesia ah) waxay ahayd gumeysigii ugu weynaa ee Holland ku lahayd Aasiya, waxaana qabsatay Japan 1942. Intii lagu guda jiray Ololihii Dutch East Indies, Nederland waxay door muhiim ah ka ciyaartay dadaalkii Allied-ka ee ahaa in la joojiyo horumarka Japan oo qayb ka ah Taliska Mareykanka-Ingiriiska-Holland-Australia (ABDA). Ciidanka ABDA ayaa ugu dambeyntii la kulmay ciidanka Japan ee badda Java, halkaas oo Doorman uu siiyay amar ah in la qabsado. Intii lagu guda jiray dagaalkii ka dambeeyay, ciidankii ABDA ayaa khasaare badan soo gaaray, waxaana badanaa la burburiyay ka dib dhowr dagaal oo badda ah oo ka dhacay agagaarka Java; Taliska ABDA ayaa markii dambe la kala diray. Japan ayaa ugu dambeyntii qabsatay Dutch East Indies bishii Febraayo-Maarso 1942. Ciidamada Holland, diyaaradaha iyo maraakiibta baxsaday waxay sii wadeen inay ku dagaalamaan dhinaca Allied-ka waxayna sidoo kale dejiyeen weerar
Dagaalkii jabhadaha ee Timor.