Eight-Day War (22nd Century and On)

The Eight Day War (Indonesian: Perang Delapan Hari) also known as the September War, 2032 Indonesian-New Guinean War, New Guinean-Southeast Asian War or Third Indonesian-New Guinean War was fought between September 10 to September 19, 2032 between New Guinea and a coalition that consisted of Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia with volunteer forces from Thailand and the Philippines.

The New Guinean forces defeated the coalition, in a lop-sided military victory that resulted in New Guinea taking the Maluku Archipelago, West Timor and Eastern Sulawesi from Indonesia, the result was comparable to the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

The nationalist government of Amir Sulaiman had influenced anti-western and Pan-Malay nationalist movements in Malaysia, in which Malaysia came under the control of nationalist Nuruddin Muhammad. In addition, the Vietnamese government, one of the last remaining nations to retain Cold War anti-western sentinments, chimed in. The Cambodian government also sympathized with Indonesia, and officially announced it would provide Indonesia with military aid. There were also intense conservations about a possible Philippine entry and involvement in the war.

Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia form the United Southeast Asian Front. After visits to the Philippines by representatives and leaders from the USAF about a possible entrance of the Philippines, the Philippine government decided to claim a position of neutrality, although the right-wing government of Enrique de Ramírez sympathized with the USAF members. In addition, Moro volunteers from the southern Philippines (as well as Malay militants from southern Thailand) continued to volunteer aiding Indonesia, seeing Indonesia as a key ally and friend.

Relations between Indonesia and New Guinea had been severely turbulent following the Allied invasion of New Guinea tha led to the territorial loss of West Papua and Papua.