 In addition to new-found Indonesian nationalism, equally important for the coming independence struggle and internal revolution was the Japanese-orchestrated economic, political and social dismantling and destruction of the Dutch colonial state.General MacArthur wanted to fight his way with Allied troops to liberate Java in 1944–45 but was ordered not to by the joint chiefs and President Roosevelt.The Japanese occupation thus officially ended with Japanese surrender in the Pacific and two days later Sukarno declared Indonesian Independence.