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Indonesian War of Independence
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- Publisher
- New World Encyclopedia
- Original language
- en
- Link
- https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Indonesian_War_of_IndependenceAccessed 23 September 2026
Editorial annotation
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, citing widely varying casualty estimates for the 1945-1949 Indonesian National Revolution: Indonesian combat deaths of roughly 45,000-100,000, civilian deaths estimated between 25,000 and 100,000, more than 5,000 Dutch soldiers killed, and 3,500-30,000 deaths during the separate "Bersiap" period of revolutionary violence; some overall estimates of total deaths reach roughly 100,000-250,000, with no single figure treated as authoritative.