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    The Bandung Sea of Fire was the deliberate burning of the southern part of Bandung, Indonesia by retreating Republican forces during the Indonesian National Revolution in 1946. In response to a British ultimatum for Indonesian combatants to leave the city, the southern area was set ablaze as they withdrew on March 24th, becoming known as the Bandung Sea of Fire. A revolutionary song was sung by hundreds of nationalists as it happened.

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    The Bandung Sea of Fire was the deliberate burning of the southern part of Bandung, Indonesia by retreating Republican forces during the Indonesian National Revolution in 1946. In response to a British ultimatum for Indonesian combatants to leave the city, the southern area was set ablaze as they withdrew on March 24th, becoming known as the Bandung Sea of Fire. A revolutionary song was sung by hundreds of nationalists as it happened.

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    The Bandung Sea of Fire was the deliberate burning of the southern part of Bandung, Indonesia by retreating Republican forces during the Indonesian National Revolution in 1946. In response to a British ultimatum for Indonesian combatants to leave the city, the southern area was set ablaze as they withdrew on March 24th, becoming known as the Bandung Sea of Fire. A revolutionary song was sung by hundreds of nationalists as it happened.

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    Bandung Sea of Fire

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    Martha Nditra Mayaa
    The Bandung Sea of Fire was the deliberate burning of the southern part of Bandung, Indonesia by retreating Republican forces during the Indonesian National Revolution in 1946. In response to a British ultimatum for Indonesian combatants to leave the city, the southern area was set ablaze as they withdrew on March 24th, becoming known as the Bandung Sea of Fire. A revolutionary song was sung by hundreds of nationalists as it happened.

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    HISTORICAL EVENT

    BANDUNG SEA OF FIRE

    ALYA TRINANDYA R
    ANDINI ELSA P
    MARTHA NDITRA MAYA
    SHARIKKA KINTANI
    X IPS 2
    orientation

    Bandung Lautan Api was the deliberate


    burning of much southern side of the city of
    Bandung by retreating Indonesian
    Republicans during the Indonesian National
    Revolution.
    Event
    An ultimatum was given by the British
    Commander in Bandung for the Indonesian
    combatants in Bandung to leave the city. In
    response, the southern part of Bandung was
    deliberately burned down in an act of defiance
    as they left on March 24, 1946; an event which
    came to be known as Bandung Lautan Api. The
    revolutionary song "Halo-Halo Bandung" was
    sung by hundreds of Indonesian nationalist in
    Bandung.
    Reorientation
    During the evacuations in March 1946,
    Mohammad Toha, a member of Indonesian
    militia, smuggled several sticks of dynamite
    past Japanese and Dutch troops, and into the
    Dutch military Headquarters in Dayeuh Kolot.
    He detonated the dynamite in warehouses of
    ammunition, killing himself and several Dutch,
    Japanese troops in the area. The explosion
    created a small lake in Dayeuh Kolot. The main
    street in the area is called "Mohammad Toha
    Street"

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