Paraphrase Battle Of Surabaya
PARAPHRASE HISTORICAL RECOUNT TEXT BATTLE OF SURABAYA On 10 November, Indonesia celebrates Heroes Day in remembrance of the Battle of Surabaya which started on that date in the year 1945. The big battle happen because Indonesian refused to surrender their weaponry to British army . British Army at that time was part of the Allied Forces. Bung Tomo is the well-known revolutionary leader who played a very important role in this battle. It all started because of a misunderstanding between British army in Jakarta and british army in Surabaya, under the command of Brigadier A.W.WS. Mallaby. Brigadier Mallaby already had an agreement with Governor of East Java Mr. Surya. The agreement say that British would not ask Indonesian troops to surrender their weapons. However, a British plane from Jakarta dropped leaflets all over Surabaya. The leaflet told Indonesians to surrender their weapons on 27 October 1945. This action angered the Indonesian troops and militia because they fe