<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> forces capture <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia,_Dutch_East_Indies" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Batavia, Dutch East Indies">Batavia</a>, capital of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a>, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Netherlands East Indies Army">KNIL</a> garrison and Australian Blackforce <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battalion">battalion</a> to <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buitenzorg" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Buitenzorg">Buitenzorg</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandung" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bandung">Bandung</a>.