Battle Ambarawa.

Magelang is one part of a social revolution that is set in the time after the declaration of Indonesian independence in 1945 and the Dutch recognition of independence of Indonesia in late 1949. In fact, this social revolution movement itself is part of the Indonesian independence movement which began in May 1908. The fight on the era of social revolution is going for 4 years and involving sporadic armed conflict yet amazingly bloody, political upheavals and communal services, as well as two major diplomatic intervention of international diplomats. Although at that time the Dutch were able to control the city at the heart of republican parties that are in Java and Sumatra, but they can not control the countryside.

Early History of the Battle of Ambarawa Magelang.

Battle Ambarawa - Magelang will not happen if there is no previous nationalist movements which forced the separation of Indonesia from the grip of the Dutch government in the early years of the 20th century. Revolution and war was also not free from the influence of Japan which repel the Dutch colonizers of Indonesia within a few months, though indirectly, this is all thanks to the German who has successfully urged the Netherlands to remove the ability of the war, when Germany began to enter its territory.

High-ranking Japanese in Indonesia at that time began to spread national sentiments. Although initially it was all just a political ploy made Japan to take the people of Indonesia, this turned out to support start forming new entities that assist the independence of Indonesia later, also by lifting promising leaders like Sukarno. In addition, Japan also wanted to prove the lie that they sided with Indonesia by destroying and replacing the system of economic, administrative, and political infrastructure built by the Dutch with their own property.

On August 6, 1945, Japan received the news that one of their big city called Hiroshima became the target of a nuclear bomb by the United States. This makes the morale of the Japanese forces fell, and they have not had time to build their confidence, on August 9, appears a report on the bombing of Nagasaki with a very heavy bomb called Fat Man's Nagaski and Little Boy on Hiroshima. The next day, on August 15, just a few days after the bombing of Nagasaki and Soviet declaration of war by Japan finally admitted defeat on the allies. Japan's defeat in the final period of World War II made the Netherlands watchful overseeing Indonesia has thought to occupy Indonesia and pronounce on Japan to "maintain law and order" in there without knowing that their choice will record the history of the battle Ambarawa - Magelang.

After Japan made a Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian Independence (BPUPKI) in preparation for independence, they were repressed by the radical youth that they want Soekarno declared the declaration is much faster, which on August 17, 1945. This coincided with two days of royal Japanese surrender to the Allies and after long debate finally they agreed. On the same day, KNIP raised Sukarno and Hatta became president as his deputy.

Although previously the Netherlands has planned to occupy Indonesia, it was thwarted by drastically reduced their combat power, and only in 1946 they are strong enough. During the healing period of combat power, Japan is trusted by Indonesia and the Netherlands sepagai supervisor for American soldiers are too busy with the Japanese islands, the archipelago handed over to the British admiral, Louse Mountbatten. When the British granted the order to restore peace and civil government in Java, Dutch forces see this as an opportunity to continue the administration of the colony and the wealth of Nusantara without having to provide any.

The seeds of unrest has begun initiated in October 1945, that although the deal is the Japanese side should return, they ignore and they feel they still deserve to hold the condition of Indonesia that initially they wanted to make this puppet state. In Pekalongan, Central Java, the Japanese military police managed to kill one member of the youth ranks on 3 October. In Bandung, the same thing also occurred between Japanese army against the youth ranks. Victory and success of the Japanese occupation in Singapore does not mean anything, because after that they give the right to the city to the UK. The most deadly war against Japan only began in Hyderabad on October 14. At that time, the army republic of Indonesia was forced to resign and instead they had killed 130 to 300 Japanese soldiers who become their prisoner. This incident killed 500 Japanese soldiers and 2000 the Indonesian army. Almost Japanese control of the city, but then the British army came and repatriate Japanese soldiers and civilians to their own countries.

Ambarawa War begins when NICA has arrived in Ambarawa and getting ready to release prisoners of the Netherlands, which then prisoners had instead given weapons and make people sick outstanding Indonesia. Early in the war occurred in Magelang where allied forces are trying hard to pull out the army's arsenal of security people and sparked chaos.

The history of the battle Ambarawa - Magelang had just started when the exact date falls on December 11, 1945. At that time, Colonel Sudirman held a meeting attended by the commander of the sector TKR. The first attack occurred on December 12 at 4.30 am and the opening attack starts from submachine gunfire, and continued by shooters carbines. It only took half an hour for TKR troops to subdue the armed forces the Dutch government. War finally completed on December 15, 1945, the war ended with the victory thanks to the tactics of chopsticks urang Indonesia (copies of both sides) so that the enemy ran out of supplies.
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Date Published: 18 April 2016 at 09:01

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