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	Ambon / Maluku / Moluccas - History
		After countless battles in which the native population usually took the stronger side, the Dutch were eventually able to satisfy their lust for power.
		Indeed, Ambon was one of the first Moluccan islands to be occupied by the Portuguese and used as a plantation.
		The beginnings of the city of Ambon can also be traced back to the Portuguese, who established the fort of Kota Laha on this spot in 1577.
	www.websitesrcg.com /ambon/history/history-maluku-01.htm (1960 words)

	Battle of Ambon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Ambon occurred on the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies, on January 30 - February 3, 1942 during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
		During 1941, as the western Allies perceived the possibility of war with Japan, Ambon was seen to be a strategic location, because of its potential as a major air base.
		Another result of the capture of Ambon was the realisation of Australian fears of air attacks, when Japanese planes based at Ambon took part in major air raids on Darwin, Australia on February 19.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Ambon (904 words)

	4 reports
		According to Ichsan Malik, a peace activist in Ambon, the area between the airport and the location of the rioting was actually quite safe.
		Ambon has slowly been recovering since the signing of the Malino II Agreement in February 2002.
		Given four years of conflict and conflagration in Ambon that left more than a thousand dead, it is difficult to understand what the police were thinking when they decided to take on such a risk.
	www.infid.be /ambon_flag2004.htm (3505 words)

	Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2002491198
		Bullecourt The Battle of Messines · The Third Battle ofYpres.
		Rabaul, New Britain Ambon Darwin * The Battle of Java Anzac Area * MacArthur Arrives Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins The Battle of the Coral Sea Victory at Midway The Timor Triumph.
		Northern New Guinea The Philippines: Battle of Leyte Gulf The Homefront PO.W: Prisoners of the Germans and Italians.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/toc/fy034/2002491198.html (502 words)

	Balikpapan; was this battle necessary?
		Three Matilda tanks, put ashore from LCMs on the beach east of the Manggar Besar, during the second day of the battle, were hit by the Japanese heaviest gun, a 155-mm, at point-blank range.
		While the battle for Manggar strip had raged, the other two Battalions of 21st Brigade-2/16th and 2/27th-made further advances to the north-east of Sepinggang, and with 2/7th Cavalry Commando Regiment had patrolled vigorously north of Vasey Highway.
		The battle continued for an hour and a half.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww2/balikpapan.htm (7449 words)

	Report on Violence in Ambon - from HRW (in English)
		Ambon is the name of a city and an island, and the term "Ambonese" describes a cultural area that embraces many of the islands in the district of Central Maluku, Maluku province, Indonesia.
		In Ambon, proponents of this theory maintain, the instigating agents were a group of Jakarta-based Ambonese gangsters with ties to both the Soeharto family and army officers sidelined after Soeharto stepped down.
		A report from the task force of the Ambon branch of the Indonesian Council of Islamic Scholars (Majelis Ulama Indonesia or MUI) noted that three of the victims, Armin, Mui, and Husein died in the vicinity of the mosque, and the fourth, Usman Wakano, died after being attacked with a machete.
	www.fica.org /hr/ambon/idMaluku-HRW.html (17192 words)

	Center for Security and Peace Studies, Gadjah Mada University
		The Ambon society was, and still is widely known for its plurality, marked by ethnic heterogeneity that lied upon genealogical relations in particular territory units.
		The Ambon conflicts is part of the change of politics, economics and social setting in the macro level during the transition period after the fall of New Order in May, 1998.
		What happened in Ambon has not merely conflicts among them, the new social force to unite is, in fact, formed, as a resistance upon the conflicts that has threat their life.
	www.csps-ugm.or.id /artikel/Pus001LT.htm (8008 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The Battle of the Coral Sea, in early May 1942, was one of the major turning points of the Pacific War.
		It was the first battle in which aircraft carriers attacked each other and the first ever naval battle in which neither side's ships sighted the other.
		That night Fletcher, mindful that his primary role was to protect Port Moresby, took the difficult decision to detach the Allies' main surface fleet, under the Australian Rear Admiral John Crace, to block the probable course of an invasion fleet.
	www.infoslurp.com /information/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea (1829 words)

	KITLV - 1999 Daily Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Ambon's airport was closed off to all but military flights, as elite Kostrad troops were called in as reinforcements.
		Ambon was still tense and a crowd was marching on the main mosque, one military officer said in the city.
		Ambon is capital of Maluku province which President B.J. Habibie last month held up as a model of religious tolerance between Christians and Moslems that the rest of the country should follow.
	www.kitlv.nl /daily/990121.html (8751 words)

	A War of Vengeance
		And the military is grappling with sectarian tensions: In a battle on Ambon island last month, Muslim and Christian soldiers briefly turned on each other.
		In Ambon and the rest of the Moluccas, in the Banda Sea 1,500 miles northeast of Jakarta, government officials, religious leaders and ordinary people are convinced they are pawns in a war that is incited and funded by outside political forces.
		Today, the young toughs who prowl Ambon's neighborhoods, armed with everything from slingshots and machetes to assault rifles, have little idea what they are fighting for other than to avenge the recent burning of a church or mosque.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0600/18.html (1840 words)

	Articles - Pacific War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		At the Battle of the Java Sea, in late February and early March, the Japanese Navy inflicted a resounding defeat on the main ABDA naval force, under Admiral Karel Doorman.
		The crucial Battle of Midway followed in June: the fortunes of war could easily have given either side the victory, but Japanese naval aviation suffered a devastating defeat from which it never recovered.
		1943 - 11-20 â“ 1943 - 11-24 Battle of Makin
	www.kamero.net /articles/Pacific_War (3636 words)

	Ambon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Ambon, between Allied and Japanese forces, occurred on the island in 1942.
		In France : Ambon, a commune in the Morbihan dÃ©partement
		This is a disambiguation page â” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ambon (93 words)

	Battle of Badung Strait
		Seawolf received a terrible battering as she fought a deadly battle to outwit the Japanese destroyers.
		Their part in the battle lasted less than 10 minutes and caused no damage.
		Commander de Meester figured his role in the battle was over and wanted to get his heavily damaged ship home as soon as possible.
	www.netherlandsnavy.nl /battle_balitimor.html (5454 words)

	Ambon, Indonesia - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Ambon mayor MJ Papilaya said on Saturday that the proposal would be submitted before June 27, and the funds would be around three million euros to help both...
		The governors of all 32 provinces in Indonesia are scheduled to gather in Ambon on March 3 to discuss the ongoing revision of the regional autonomy legislation...
		Ambon - A district court in the eastern Indonesian town of Ambon has sentenced John Rea, who claimed to be the armed forces chief of the outlawed Republic of...
	www.4newz.net /world/am/Ambon.html (5744 words)

	Remembering 1942 [Australian War Memorial]
		Soon after the battle, but continuing at intervals for nearly a fortnight, the prisoners taken at Laha were killed.
		They were to be held on isolated islands by captors indifferent to their fate and led by an Australian officer unequal to the terrible burden of his responsibility.
		They suffered an ordeal and a death rate second only to the horrors of Sandakan, first on Ambon and then after many were sent to the island of Hainan late in 1942.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/remembering1942/ambon/transcript.htm (1562 words)

	research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		In the shadow of the recent carnage of the East Timor independence struggle and the equally vicious ongoing battle for Aceh, other parts of Indonesia are torn apart by pernicious strife and the huge and populous island nation is threatened with disintegration.
		Ostensibly they were coming to Ambon to help with social welfare (tujuan sosial), despite having earlier declared openly that their goal was the liberation of Ambonese Moslems from Christians.
		During the current crisis in Ambon City, the Dutch-born mother superior told me that the ancestors of Greater Kei are protecting their convent of mostly nuns from the Kei Islands.
	www.nunusaku.com /Research/R3a.htm (13301 words)

	NEWS: Ambon's Wounded - Christianity Today Magazine
		A banner at the airstrip on Ambon, a tiny dot in Indonesia's Maluku island chain, quotes passages from both the Christian Bible and the Muslim Koran calling for peace.
		On Sept. 25, the Christian community of Ambon City marched in peaceful demonstration to the governor's office, demanding that the Indonesian government—and the world—acknowledge the slaughter of Christians, most recently on the nearby island of Saparua Sept. 23.
		Southern Baptist representative Charles Cole, who traveled to Ambon to assess the needs, assured the governor that Baptists in the United States and around the world were ready to lend assistance to Muslim and Christian communities alike.
	www.christianitytoday.com /ct/2000/013/27.38.html (1709 words)

	War fears resurface in Ambon
		Sr Florence, 48, an Assumption Sister of Nairobi, says the problem is compounded by drought and poverty, which lead to malnutrition, as well as a lack of understanding has led to an AIDS stigma, which in turn leads to isolation, hopelessness and fear.
		Religious war in Ambon looks set to flare again, with Muslim leaders threatening to send 7000 jihad warriors to the strife-torn Indonesian island after two days of conflict that left at least 14 people dead and up to 100 wounded.
		Muslims were also said to have fled their neighbourhoods, prompting threats of reprisals from leaders of four radical Muslim organisations in Jakarta.
	www.cathnews.com /news/404/132.php (666 words)

	Dutch East Indies Pattimura Aad 'Arcengel' Engelfriet
		The Dutch, of course, were not too happy about all these changes and that resulted in al lot of problems, which eventually led to the great Java war (see Diponegoro).
		The Moluccan took Fort Duurstede on the island Saparua after hour-long battles, during which the sole survivor was the 6-year-old son of the resident.
		The first counterattack miserably failed: of the 200 soldiers that were sent to the island, merely 30 survived.
	home.iae.nl /users/arcengel/NedIndie/pattimuraengels.htm (866 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		Religious clashes escalated again in Ambon, Maluku on Friday as arson, gunfire and explosions rocked the battle-scarred city, injuring at least 19 people and paralyzing the provincial administration.
		Christians would be asked to go to work at Maluku police headquarters building to resume their state duties as Ambon again had become segregated along religious lines, he added.
		He said snipers may have used guns stolen from a police armory in Tantui on June, 21, 2000, where around 300 of the total 893 weapons and 800,000 bullets were taken in an attack by unidentified people.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20040501.@02 (637 words)

	News for Ambon, Indonesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		AMBON, Indonesia: Tension rose in the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon on Monday, with residents setting up roadblocks in several parts of the city after bombs...
		AMBON, Indonesia - A sniper shot dead a paramilitary policeman and injured another on Tuesday in the eastern Indonesian city of Ambon, where hundreds and...
		AMBON, Indonesia - Snipers killed one policeman and wounded two in Indonesia's strife-torn Ambon, aiming at police and soldiers patrolling the streets to...
	www.4newz.net /new/world/cities/Ambon.html (9822 words)

	USSBS: Interrogations of Japanese Officials -- 49/201
		Interrogation of: Commander CHIHAYA, Masataka, IJN, who was attached to the Staff of Fourth Advanced Southern Fleet at AMBON from March 1944 to February 1945 and Staff of Combined Naval Fleet in TOKYO from February 1945 to September 1945.
		The city of AMBON was completely destroyed by the Army B-24 raid on 25 August and adjacent airfields were made inoperative for about one month.
		From July on, removal of personnel from KAI Islands to AMBON and from BIAK and SANGA on the western extremity of NEW GUINEA to AMBON.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/IJO/IJO-49.html (1932 words)

	Pacific War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		1941 - 12-22 – 1942 - 05-06 Battle of the Philippines
		1942 - 08-24 – 1942 - 08-25 Battle of the Eastern Solomons
		1942 - 10-11 – 1942 - 10-12 Battle of Cape Esperance
	www.infoslurp.com /information/Pacific_War (4465 words)

	INDONESIA --- AMBON REPORT (July 2000)
		It was truly with fear and trembling that I flew into Ambon.
		Ambon are very frightened of the Jihad soldiers and the army.
		The Lord has touched our hearts to beg the UN to come to Ambon.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1299721/posts (1416 words)

	Ambon: what to do (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		There are over 2000 graves here, many who died in Japanese POW camps, but also those who died in battle in Ambon, Sulawesi, and other parts of Indonesia.
		It was obviously not in any shape for any sort of vehicle, but there was a construction crew working on it, so I think in a few months (barring any weather or economic disasters) this road could be open to traffic again.
		Unfortunately we did not have the opportunity to explore the large peninsula of Pulau Ambon, other than what we saw on trips to/from the airport, and to/from the Hunimua ferry dock.
	www.1000traveltips.org /newpage4.htm (2122 words)

	BBC News \| Asia-Pacific \| Rioters killed in fresh Ambon street battle
		Buildings were also set on fire as gangs fought street battles in Ambon city in a second day of sporadic violence.
		The clashes are said to have taken place in an area of Ambon city where a Muslim district meets a Christian one.
		Last month the military issued a shoot-on-sight order to troops facing rioters on the island, while about 800 Indonesian marines were sent to Ambon city.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/416039.stm (430 words)

	World: Indonesia Clashes Trap Thousands
		Residents said the full street battles that had raged since Wednesday had subsided, but mortar explosions and gunfire echoed across the battle-scarred city of Ambon every few minutes.
		At least one person was killed and two injured when they were shot by snipers, residents said, bringing the death toll in Ambon to 70 in the past eight days.
		The relief agency Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday it had suspended its operations after its workers were attacked and two of their vehicles destroyed this week.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2000news/6_28_w2.htm (496 words)

	The Battle of Ambon and the Lost Battalion :: ABC Ballarat
		Frank Osbourne was a corporal with the 21st Battalion at Ambon during World War 2 when he was captured by the invading Japanese army.
		After 14 days in the trenches with no air or artillery support or supplies, the 1,100 Australian troops there were overwhelmed by a force of 20,000 troops supported by more than 30 ships.
		This fella Freddie was wearing shorts, battling along the road barefooted, only about four and a half stone and five foot six, when he said in a loud voice 'Whoah' and the crew stopped.
	www.abc.net.au /ballarat/stories/s1039149.htm (537 words)

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