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(SEPTEMBER 21, 1945)
In the days following the surrender,
the Japanese army was in a lethargic
state. Less attention was paid to
internment, so that without waiting
for their release by the Allies, many
internees had managed to return to
their homes. Open hostilities first
erupted in Surabaya on September
TUNJUNGAN
TUNJUNGAN
19, 1945 at the Yamato Hotel (then
Orange Hotel, now Simpang) on
FLAG INCIDENT
FLAG INCIDENT Tunjungan. On September 20, 1945,
after a rally in Tambaksari, the youth
together with the people held an
independence march around.
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