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The '''East Indies Crisis''' (Malay Roman: ''Prang Hindia Belanda''), also known as the '''War of the Soenda Archipelago''' or the '''Anti-Dutch Liberation War''', and in the Netherlands it isalso known as the '''Indian War''' in the Netherlands (Dutch: ''Indische Oorlog'') or ''Oostelijke Acties'' (lit. Eastern Actions), was a war was amilitary conflict fought throughbetween the Indonesian archipelago,. Major areas of combat included the major regions of Sumatra, Borneo, the Malay peninsula, Java and the Celebes. The [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] and thepro-independence forces in [[BatavosphereSoenda]]. foughtThe theconflict Eastlasted Indies Liberation Front for sixteensix years, devastatingmaking the archipelago. It was one ofit the last andlargest largest colonial conflictsconflict fought in the 20th century, and is also considered to be one of the most destructive wars in modern history. The East Indies Crisis was also concurrent with the rise of popular visual media, being the first "''internationally perceptible"'' war'.