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The Battle of Ambon (30 January – 3 February 1942) occurred on Ambon Island in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), as part of the Japanese offensive on the Dutch colony during World War II. In the face of a combined defense by Dutch and Australian troops, Japanese forces conquered the island and its strategic airfield in several days.
In early 1705, Prince Puger's troops, assisted by mercenaries of Ambon, Banda, Makassar, Madura, and Malay attacked Kartasura. This was a major defeat for Amangkurat III and the troops sacked Kartasura, there Prince Puger entered the palace and became Sultan.
Ambon city was the site of a major Dutch military base that Imperial Japanese forces captured from Allied forces in the World War II Battle of Ambon in 1942. The battle was followed by the summary execution of more than 300 Allied prisoners of war in the Laha massacre. A large Far East prisoner of war camp was situated in the north near Liang.
These soldiers became the backbone of APRMS. After a naval blockade by the Indonesian navy, an invasion of Ambon took place on 28 September 1950. The APRMS fled from the town of Ambon before the invading Indonesian troops had taken up positions in old Dutch fortifications in the hills overlooking the town. From here they waged guerrilla warfare.
Ambonese Malay or simply Ambonese is a Malay-based creole language spoken on Ambon Island in the Maluku Islands of Eastern Indonesia.It was first brought by traders from Western Indonesia, then developed when the Dutch Empire colonised the Maluku Islands and was used as a tool by missionaries in Eastern Indonesia.
The eastern salient of Java (Indonesian: ujung timur, [2] "eastern end" or Tapal Kuda, [3] "The Horseshoe" – referring to the region's shape on the map; Javanese: bang wetan, [4] "far east", Dutch: Oosthoek, [4] "eastern corner") is a region that makes up the easternmost part of the island of Java, Indonesia. It is not a formal or ...
The Sultan also took the war to Ambon where the Portuguese had constructed a fortress in 1569. In 1570 a Ternate fleet of six large korakoras under the leadership of Kapita Kassingu invaded Ambon. [31] Although Kassingu fell in a sea battle at Cape Mamala, [32] the Ternatans managed to subjugate Hoamoal (in Ceram), Ambelau, Manipa, Kelang and ...
Sutomo (3 October 1920 – 7 October 1981), [1] also known as Bung Tomo (meaning Comrade or Brother Tomo), was an Indonesian revolutionary and military leader best known for his role in the Indonesian National Revolution against Dutch colonial rule.