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Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
- Sybil Daly was born in Medan, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Sybil Kathigasu | Medan, Sumatra | CPC]
13 Oct 1945
Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
- Anti-Dutch tensions broke into violence in Medan, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. Louis Mountbatten would consider (and soon approve) additional reinforcements for Sumatra. ww2dbase [Medan, Sumatra | CPC]
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