Complete the following sentence: The Empire of Japan invaded Maluku early in 1942 as part of its Dutch East Indies Campaign of World War II, ousting the Dutch from the region. Complete the following sentence: The Empire of Japan invaded Maluku early in 1942 as part of its Dutch East Indies Campaign of World War II, ousting the Dutch from the region. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> 2 years later, US forces and their allies launched the
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