2-WWII+Indonesia+OT

Problems To Be Addressed: Occupied Territories > The Japanese split up Indochina and Indonesia into three separate regions, Sumatra; Java and Madura; and Borneo and eastern Indonesia. Each region was watched over by a section of the Japanese army, to make sure that they stayed separate and would not instigate a rebellion.1944 the need of food and war increased rapidly. Japan has started a campaign of materials mobilization and increased the stocks of food. this was done by Jawa Hokokai and nagyo kumiai (Agriculture Cooperation), and other government institutions. The food mobilization was carried out by giving to the government the result of harvest. From harvest gathered, people own 40% and 30% must be given to the government, and the other 30% were store as seedling.This policy has made Indonesian people suffered very much. Forest cutting has produce flood, harvest gathered submitted had made people lack of food, nutrient decrease, and stamina descend. As a result, there were many starvation happen in many regions, diseases spread out, and many death incidents. > Japan prohibited Indonesian people to allied and to have group community since they occupied Indonesia. Therefore, they liquidated all movement organizations established on Dutch colonialism, except MIAI. MIAI then liquidated too and change into Masyumi. > The Japanese justified their occupation in terms of Japan's role as, in the words of a 1942 slogan, "The leader of Asia, the protector of Asia, the light of Asia." Tokyo's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, encompassing both Northeast and Southeast Asia, moreover the central point of this concept Japan, was to be a non exploitative economic and cultural community of Asians. Indonesian had great resentment of Dutch rule, this approach was appealing and harmonized remarkably well with local legends that a two-century-long non-Javanese rule would be followed by era of peace and prosperity. Liberation of the internment camps holding western prisoners was not swift. Conditions were better during post-war internment than under previous interment, for, this time, Red Cross supplies were made available and the Allies made the Japanese order the most heinous and cruel occupiers home. After four months of post-war internment, Western internees were released on the condition they left Indonesia. > Women were forced into prostitution groups. 30 percent of the estimated 200,000 women from Indochina and Indonesia, the women were reported to have been raped and abused. The Japanese desired for the youth to join their army, moreover they were treated better than the women. The PETA was a volunteer army that was created to be defenders of the homeland, additionally it gave the young people weapons and training
 * What were the circumstances in the Occupied Territory that compelled the policies implemented by the occupying power there? How was policy shaped to address these circumstances?
 * What were the effects of the occupation of your territory on the occupying power's war effort? This should include basic data such as numbers of troops diverted to the occupation and so forth, but should also take into account less logistical factors such as the psychological effect of occupation on the occupying power, issues of morale, attitudes of occupation forces toward the local population (and vice versa) and the degree to which that sharpened or dulled the occupiers' resolve, etc.
 * What were the motivations/methods/outcomes of resistance and collaboration? How did this affect the Occupied Territory after the war? Use case studies to illustrate.
 * What were the effects of occupation on women & youth in the Occupied Territory? Use case studies to illustrate.

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