Sudirman
Sudirman was the first commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. Born in Purbalingga, Dutch East Indies, he moved to Cilacap in 1916. After dropping out of teacher’s college, in 1936 he began working as a teacher. He continued to teach, before joining the Japanese-sponsored Defenders of the Homeland as a battalion commander in Banyumas in 1944. After Indonesia proclaimed...
