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.
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.
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.
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"