Universe War Strategy On the March 1, 1949 General Attack in Yogyakarta

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue I, January 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186

Universe War Strategy On the March 1, 1949 General Attack in Yogyakarta

Syamsul Hilal, Afrizal Hendra, Tri Legionosuko, Helda Risman
Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia University of defense, Indonesia

ABSTRACT
The General Attack of March 1, 1949 in Yogyakarta has significance in the course of history to maintain Indonesia’s independence from Dutch Aggression II.,The purpose of this historical research seeks to examine and describe the events of the General Attack of March 1, 1949 and the application of the universal war strategy to the general attack in order to obtain victory and its impact for the international community. This paper is also expected for the younger generation to be an inspiration, foster nationalism and knowledge about the historical journey of the Struggle of the Indonesian nation in maintaining its independence. The methodology used in this writing is to use the approach of historical research methodology with the following four steps: Heuristics (attempts to find or find traces of history), Historical Criticism (selecting and testing traces / sources of history), Interpelasi (connecting and relating historical sources to each other), Historiography (writing or compiling historical stories). The results of this study showed that the universal war strategy used by the TNI in the General Attack of March 1, 1949 in seizing and controlling the city of Yoyakarta for 6 hours from dutch hands, had succeeded in supporting the struggle of Indonesian polytk diplomacy at the UNITED NATIONS forum in maintaining independence, by breaking Dutch propaganda and providing evidence to the international community that the existence of the Indonesian and TNI governments still exists.
Keywords: Strategy, War, Universe, General Attack March 1, 1949
Introduction
The Universe War Strategy is a strategy born from the war used by the Indonesian nation since long ago starting the era of royal war, the era before and after the war diversity until now is still a war strategy used by the Indonesian National Army (TNI). So the strategy of universal war is the root of the Indonesian war culture that was born from the culture of the Indonesian nation with gotong royong. This can be proven from some of the history of Indonesian wars such as the Batak Sisingamangaraja War, Padri War,

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