Indonesia Calls! — Season 1, Episode 6: Attack
Documentary • 52 min • 1 season, 8 episodes
Episode synopsis
After a year of fighting, the Dutch East Indies have still not been reconquered by the Dutch troops in 1947. Frustration is mounting. The army is ordered to force a breakthrough with a police action - another word for large-scale war.
About Indonesia Calls!
Historian Hans Goedkoop traces back the life of his grandfather: Rein van Langen. 'Grandpa Rein', born on Java, served in the colonial military between 1900 and 1950 - a period when the Dutch rule over the 'East Indies' began to falter.