Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - sojojin Japan sun sauka a Luwuk a ranar 15 ga Mayu 1942. Jafananci sun yi nasara wajen korar 'yan Holland kuma suka mallaki Sulawesi ta Tsakiya a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci. A lokacin mamayar Jafananci, rayuwar mutane ta kara tabarbarewa kuma bacin rai na duk ayyukan mutane an yi niyyar tallafawa yaƙin Jafananci ne kawai. Wannan yanayin ya ci gaba har sai Japan ta mika wuya
zuwa ga Allies kuma ya biyo bayan shelar 'yancin kai na Jamhuriyar Indonesia. A farkon 'yancin kai, Sulawesi ta Tsakiya na daga cikin lardin Sulawesi. Yaren mutanen Holland sun yi ƙoƙari su koma yankin, wanda ya haifar da mummunan yaki tsakanin Yaren mutanen Holland da Indonesiya. Bayan taron Dutch-Indonesian Round Table, Netherlands ta amince da Indonesia kuma ta janye daga yankin.