Bandung Sea of Fire
Bandung Sea of Fire The Bandung Sea of Fire incident was one form of the great struggle of the Indonesian people in defending the country after independence. The Bandung Sea of Fire incident occurred on March 23, 1946. This incident was motivated by Indonesia's post-independence security and defense conditions which were still not completely stable. In fact, in some areas it is still dominated by power struggles and battles with invaders and allies. Allied and TKR clash The situation broke out when Dutch people who had just been released from the detention camp began to carry out actions that disrupted security. As a result, clashes between Allied troops and TKR could not be avoided. On the night of November 24 1945, TKR and other struggle agencies launched attacks on Allied headquarters in northern Bandung, including the Homan Hotel and Preanger Hotel which were the Allied headquarters. Three days after the attack on the Allied h...