A lokacin yakin duniya na II, Indonesia ya mallaki Japan wanda a shekarar 1942.
Japan ta yi amfani da Indonesia a matsayin tushen da ke sarrafa kudu maso gabashin Asiya.
Indonesia wuri ne mai tsananin zafi tsakanin sojojin Jafananci da kuma yawan sojoji kamar Burtaniya, Amurka da Ostiraliya.
A lokacin aikin Jafananci, mutanen Indonesiya sun sami nau'ikan zalunci daban-daban da kuma amfani, kamar tilasta aiki da tsare.
Ba wai kawai wannan ba, Japan ta aiwatar da bam da iska a birane a Indonesia, kamar su surabaya da Jakarta.
Indonesia kuma shine wurin yaƙin tsakanin sojojin Jafananci da kuma sojojin Japanese na tsakiya suka jagoranci rundunar gwamnatin Indonesiya da kuma Hata.
After Japan surrendered, Indonesia proclaimed its independence on August 17, 1945, but the Dutch did not recognize the independence and began the Dutch Military Aggression I in 1947.
Yakin Indonesiya na samun 'yanci ya kasance na tsawon shekaru hudu ya ƙare tare da amincewa da' yanci na Indonesiya ta Yaren mutanen Holland a 1949.
A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Indonesia kuma shine wurin juriya da motocin karkashin kasa a kan masu mamayewa, kamar Hizbollah.
Yakin duniya na II ya kawo manyan canje-canje ga Indonesia, ciki har da fito da 'yancin kai na kishin kasa da ƙarshe ya samu daga samun' yanci daga mulkin mallaka.