A.H. Nasution’s Guerrilla Warfare in Bandung
The Bandung Sea of Fire operation was marked by fierce debate among TRI officers. It was the proof that Abdul Haris Nasution was a nationalist soldier.
Adil Al Hasan
August 18, 2025
STANDING on a hill in southern Bandung, West Java, Col. Abdul Haris Nasution swept his gaze across the horizon, from Cimahi in the west to Ujungberung in the east. It was Sunday night, March 24, 1946, and Nasution was accompanied by Bandung’s Military Police Commander, Maj. Rukana. At exactly 8pm, they watched as Bandung was engulfed in flames.
In the city’s northern districts, only the outskirts burned. Occasional gunfire rang out a
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