Battle of Ambarawa

Battle of Ambarawa (Palagan Ambarawa)
Part of the Indonesian National Revolution
Date 20 October – 15 December 1945 Location Ambarawa Result Indonesian victory
Belligerents
Indonesia	Netherlands
Commanders and leaders
Col. Soedirman	Brigadier Bethell

The Battle of Ambarawa, or sometimes called Palagan Ambarawa, was a military conflict between the recently created Indonesian army and British troops that occurred between 20 October and 15 December 1945 on Ambarawa.

On 20 October 1945 British troops that had landed in Semarang to disarm Japanese troops and liberate Europeans still detained in concentration camps in Indonesia were detached to Ambarawa. The Netherlands Indies Civil Administration was landed on Semarang, too. This is the problem that made the Indonesians mad and started the conflict with the Allied Forces.

Bibliography

• Anderson, Benedict, Java in a Time of Revolution: Occupation and Resistance, 1944-1946 (2005)
• McMillan, Richard, The British Occupation of Indonesia: 1945-1946: Britain, The Netherlands and the Indonesian Revolution, Routledge (2006)