Cika wannan jumla: Ƙarin rikitar da batun, yayin da Jafananci
ya mika wuya a tsakiyar watan Agusta, sojojin Allied ba su isa Dutch East Indies ba har sai Satumba 29. Rashin ikon tsakanin ƙarshen yaƙin da kuma isowar sojojin Allied ya ba 'yan kishin ƙasa na Indonesiya isasshen lokaci don karɓar iko kuma sun ayyana' yancin kai a ranar 17 ga Agusta, tare da Sukarno a matsayin shugaban ƙasa. Halin da ake ciki a Indonesia ya kasance rikice-rikice kuma kungiyoyin 'yan tawaye, da yawa daga cikinsu' yan Japan sun horar da su, sun fara kai hari ga fursunoni, galibi 'yan Holland.