Australasia 69 years ago today: United States of Indonesia (25 Apr 1950) https://buff.ly/2UWIi5I Dutch efforts to reconquer Indonesia in 1947–49 brought condemnation by the United Nations. Backing down, the Netherlands accepted the independence of the United States of Indonesia - a federation which included both the nationalist Republic of Indonesia and 15 states established by the Dutch. However the Republic quickly began to assert control over the other states, provoking the south Maluku Islands to declare independence. #australasia #history #welovemaps #map #1950 #1950s #april #april25 #australianhistory #indonesianhistory #dutcheastindies #dutchempire #republicofindonesia #southeastasia #westnewguinea #maps #irianjaya #todayinhistory #historytoday #welovehistory #oceania #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #modernhistory #20thcentury #colonialism (at Jakarta, Indonesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwq7dFRga9V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lj18ardvmair
