Burning of Bekasi
| Burning of Bekasi | |||||
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| Part of the Indonesian National Revolution | |||||
Men of the Bengal Sappers and Miners burn down a house in Bekasi. | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| United Kingdom | Indonesia | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Philip Christison | Noer Alie | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
| 16th Punjab Regiment |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 1 wounded |
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The burning of Bekasi by British Indian forces took place during the Indonesian National Revolution on 13 December 1945, as retaliation for the killing of passengers of a crashed British aircraft in late November. The 16th Punjab Regiment was sent as a punitive expedition, and after some fighting against nationalist militias captured and burned the city of Bekasi.