The Indonesian War of Independence 1946 - to Kill and Only Kill (Patreon)
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1945 ended with the British fighting the Indonesians in Surabaya in East-Java. Now, Mountbatten wrote how the Dutch were nowhere near capable of reclaiming their colony on their own. Well, this year, they arrive and the war intensifies.
No, we wanted every episode in this series to have a deeper thematic layer. This episode touches on revolutionary culture and the youth movement that stood at the forefront of the armed revolution against the Dutch. Influenced by modern media, they were no longer accepting a life under Dutch rule where they gave so much and gained so little.
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Joram