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| casualties1 = '''Killed:''' 294,918 <br> '''Missing:''' 149,582 <br> '''Total Casualties''' 444,500
| casualties2 = '''Civilian dead:''' 8,000,000-11,000,000 (official)<br> ~5,205,000 wounded (Estimated) <br>'''Military dead:''' 1,690,624 <br> '''Total Casualties''' 149,895391,624694 - 1711,895,624
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The '''East Indies Crisis''' (Malay Roman: ''Prang Hindia Belanda''), also known as the '''War of the Archipelago''' or the '''Anti-Dutch Liberation War''' and in the Netherlands it is known as the '''Indian War''' (Dutch: ''Indische Oorlog'') or ''Oostelijke Acties'' (lit. Eastern Actions), was a war was a conflict fought through 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 the [[Batavosphere]] fought the East Indies Liberation Front for sixteen years, devastating the archipelago. It was one of the last and largest colonial conflicts fought in the 20th century, and is considered to be one of the most destructive wars in modern history. The East Indies Crisis was also concurrent with the rise of visual media, being the first 'internationally perceptible war'.
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