A Victorious Strategy
General Sudirman appointed Lt. Col. Suharto as field commander of the General Attack on March 1, 1949. A controversy that persists even after decades.
November 13, 2012
Aletter arrived in the hands of General Sudirman early that February in 1949. The Supreme Commander was fighting a guerrilla war in Pacitan, East Java. The sender was someone he respected: Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX. A courier brought it on foot from Yogyakarta. In the letter, the Sultan said the international community needed to know that Indonesia and the Indonesian National Armed Forces still existed.
The Sultan of Yogyakarta proceeded to gi
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