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295 [ 4] –2,000 [ 1] dead. 210 wounded. 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.
November 20, 1945 (Tuesday) The Nuremberg trials began. The Battle of Surabaya ended in tactical British victory but strategic and political Indonesian victory. Born: Rick Monday, baseball player, in Batesville, Arkansas. Died: Francis William Aston, 68, English chemist, physicist and Nobel laureate.
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.
November 17. "Till the End of Time". Perry Como with Russ Case and His Orchestra. "Chickery Chick". Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Nancy Norman, Billy Williams and the Kaye Choir. "Chickery Chick". Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with Nancy Norman, Billy Williams and the Kaye Choir. "It's Been a Long, Long Time".
Operation Olympic, the invasion of Kyūshū, was to begin on "X-Day", which was scheduled for 1 November 1945. The combined Allied naval armada would have been the largest ever assembled, including 42 aircraft carriers, 24 battleships, and 400 destroyers and destroyer escorts.
Sutomo (3 October 1920 – 7 October 1981), [1] also known as Bung Tomo (meaning Comrade or Brother Tomo), was an Indonesian revolutionary and military leader best known for his role in the Indonesian National Revolution against Dutch colonial rule. He played a central role in Battle of Surabaya, which was fought between British and Indonesian ...
November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1945 – Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [3]
Hotel Yamato (now called Hotel Majapahit) with text commemorating the incident. The Hotel Yamato incident was the tearing of the blue colour of the Dutch flag flying at Hotel Yamato (now Hotel Majapahit) on 19 September 1945, which was preceded by the failure of negotiations between Soedirman (Surabaya residency) and W. V. C. Ploegman [1] to lower the Dutch flag.