End of Empire100 days in 1945 that changed Asia and the world.

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    gained their training under the Japanese during occupation, 1942–1945
    Many of Indonesia’s pemuda gained their training under the Japanese during occupation, 1942–1945
    First major battle of the Indonesian revolution

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    14 October 1945. Demands by Indonesian pemuda for Japanese troops in Semarang to hand over all of their weapons escalate into fighting. What follows is the massacre of several hundred Japanese civilians and an outraged response by the Japanese garrison. By the 20th, when British troops arrive on the scene, several thousand locals are dead.