Battle of Surabaya
October 27 โ November 20, 1945 · Surabaya
Result British victory
British and British Indian troops fought Indonesian nationalist militia in the port city of Surabaya during the Indonesian revolution. Britain took the city after heavy casualties, but the resistance became a national symbol.
Indonesia
Netherlands
Strength and losses
- Deaths
- 6,300โ16,000
- Strength
- 30,000
- Deaths
- 295โ2,000
- Tanks
- c. 48
- Aircraft
- 24



