The Netherlands has one national and several regional or local remembrance services on or near to the 15th of August. The national service is at the “Indisch monument” (Dutch for “Indies Monument”) in The Hague, where the Dutch victims of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies are remembered, usually in the presence of the head of state and the government. In total, there are about 20 services, also in the Indies remembrance center in Bronbeek in Arnhem. The Japanese occupation meant the twilight of Dutch colonial rule over Indonesia. Indonesia declared itself independent on 17 August 1945, just two days after the Japanese surrendered. The Indonesian war of independence lasted until 1948, with the Netherlands recognizing Indonesian sovereignty in late December of that year.
The end of World War II is commemorated every 15 August. On this date in 1945, Japan surrendered, bringing an end to the war in Southeast Asia and to World War II for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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