From the Editor's Desk A new history of Indonesia's fight for independence reveals the brutal means by which the Dutch tried to retain power.Even the most well-read World War II enthusiast is likely unaware of one major military operation that happened in 1945. It involved Royal Air Force bombers, 24 Sherman tanks, and 36,000 troopsâsome of them British, the rest Indian and Nepalese Gurkhas under British command. More than 600 of these soldiers died, including a British brigadier general. |
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