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The Battle of Surabaya was a major battle in the Indonesian National Revolution fought between regular infantry and militia of the Indonesian nationalist movement and British and British Indian troops against the re-imposition of Dutch colonial rule. The peak of the battle was in November 1945.
Operation Transom. / -7.211035; 112.730260. Operation Transom was an attack by Allied forces against the Japanese-occupied city of Surabaya on the Indonesian island of Java during World War II. Conducted by the British-led Eastern Fleet, the operation took place on 17 May 1944 and involved American and British carrier-based aircraft bombing the ...
The Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and martial law was declared in the Dutch East Indies. Following the failure of negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Japanese ...
The Heroes Monument ( Indonesian: Tugu Pahlawan) is a monument in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. It is the main symbol of the city, dedicated to the people who died during the Battle of Surabaya on 10 November 1945. The 10 November Museum is located under the monument. This monument is 41.15 metres tall and is pillar-shaped.
House of Sampoerna. / -7.230813; 112.734247. The House of Sampoerna is a tobacco museum and headquarters of Sampoerna located in Surabaya. The main building's architectural style was influenced by a Dutch colonial-style compound that was built in 1862 and is now a preserved historical site. Previously used as an orphanage managed by the Dutch ...
The National Development University "Veteran" of East Java (Indonesian: Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran" Jawa Timur) is a public university located in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia which was established on July 5, 1959. UPN "Veteran" in East Java is a very large institution with 20,000 students from various provinces in Indonesia as ...
Battle of Surabaya (1677) The Battle of Surabaya was fought in May 1677 during the Trunajaya rebellion, in which the Dutch East India Company (known by its Dutch acronym "VOC") defeated the forces of Trunajaya and took Surabaya on behalf of its ally, the Mataram Sultanate .
t. e. The Bandung Sea of Fire ( Indonesian: Bandung Lautan Api) refers to the deliberate burning of much of the southern side of the city of Bandung by retreating Indonesian Republican troops during the Indonesian National Revolution. [ 1]