Original sentence: Following Japan's Pacific surrender in August 1945, the Dutch promptly returned to Indonesia, including Bali, immediately to reinstate their pre-war colonial administration.Imperial Japan occupied Bali during World War II during which time a Balinese military officer, Gusti Ngurah Rai, formed a Balinese 'freedom army'.This was resisted by the Balinese rebels now using Japanese weapons
Edited sentence: Following Japan's Pacific surrender in August 1945, the Balinese took over the Japanese weapons.Future rulers such as Sukarno were brought forward by the Japanese.Gusti Ngurah Rai, formed a Balinese 'freedom army'.Imperial Japan occupied Bali during World War II with the declared objective of forming a "Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" that would liberate Asian countries from Western domination.Most of all, independence was strongly desired.The Dutch returned to Indonesia in 1946, including Bali, to reinstate their pre-war colonial administration.The lack of institutional changes from the time of Dutch rule, and the harshness of war requisitions however made Japanese rule little better than the Dutch one