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This City Is a Battlefield (Indonesian: Perang Kota) is an upcoming Indonesian war drama film written and directed by Mouly Surya. [1] The film is adaptation of Jalan Tak Ada Ujung by Mochtar Lubis and is set in 1946, a year after Indonesia proclaimed independence from Dutch and Japanese occupation. [2]
As World War II ended, the British Army landed in Bali, disarmed occupying Japanese troops, and returned to Batavia. Some Dutch KNIL battalions under Gajah Merah, however, stayed in the city.
The Petagas War Memorial or Petagas War Memorial Garden (Malay: Taman Peringatan Petagas/Perang Petagas) is a memorial park dedicated to the Second World War victims in Sabah particularly to 324 resistance movement members, who were executed on 21 January 1944 at the site by the Japanese occupying forces of North Borneo for their involvement in the Jesselton Revolt.
The area defended by the 3/17th Dogras consisted of the narrow beaches of Badang and Sabak at Kota Bharu. The beaches were split by two estuaries that led to the mouth of the Pengkalan Chepa River through a maze of creeks, lagoons and swampy islands, behind which was the Kota Bharu airfield and the main road inland. [23]
[3] However, when Allied and NICA troops began freeing and arming freed Dutch POWs in Ambarawa and Magelang , many locals were angered. Relations were further ruined when the Allies began disarming members of the Indonesian Army. 1st Central Kedu Regiment under the command of Lieutenant Colonel M. Sarbini began besieging Allied troops stationed ...
The Rengasdengklok Incident (Indonesian: Peristiwa Rengasdengklok) was the kidnapping of Sukarno and Hatta by several youths (pemuda) at around 4 am on August 16, 1945 to persuade the two men to declare Indonesian independence.
The proposal for the formation of this military unit was realised with the establishment of PETA on 3 October 1943, but PETA was not a special unit for Muslims. On 25 February 1944, there was a rebellion in Singaparna among the santri led by K.H. Zaenal Mustafa .
After its establishment, the unit began seeking arms from Japanese units. [2] On 5 October, Sultan of Yogyakarta Hamengkubuwono IX declared his affiliation to the declared Republic of Indonesia , and the Japanese resident of the city was apprehended by the pemuda .