What if Australia and Indonesia went to war in 1999? (2025) [3:24:31]

In the late 1990s, a crisis in East Timor pushed Australia and Indonesia to the brink of conflict. But what if diplomacy had failed, and the crisis escalated into open war?

This video explores a full-scale counterfactual: the forces, strategies, and likely outcomes of a 1999 Australia–Indonesia war. Using detailed historical research, realistic Orders of Battle, and wargaming simulations, we reconstruct how such a conflict might have unfolded — from air combat over the Banda Sea to ground battles in the jungles of East Timor.

We’ll also look at the broader consequences: how regional powers might have reacted, and how the Asia-Pacific could have been reshaped by a war that didn’t happen.