With the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1939, the Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies. Aceh took advantage of the turmoil to break free of Dutch rule, running the colonialists out in only four days.
1939 年太平洋戰爭爆發，趁日本進攻荷屬東印度之際，亞齊人只用了 4 天就趕走殖民者，比印尼主島爪哇先一步從荷蘭手中獨立。