Editing Semarang (section)

===Military history===
It also became the site of a [[Battle of Semarang|battle]] (Five days battle, ''Pertempuran lima hari'') between the new Indonesian military and Japanese soldiers in October 1945.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukhti |first1=M. F. |title=Orang Semarang Melawan Jepang |url=https://historia.id/politik/articles/orang-semarang-melawan-jepang-vxGqJ |access-date=10 June 2019 |work=Historia |date=19 October 2017 |language=id |archive-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524172653/https://historia.id/politik/articles/orang-semarang-melawan-jepang-vxGqJ |url-status=live }}</ref> Shortly after that, what had been the Indonesia-conducted [[Ambarawa]], [[Magelang]], and [[Battle of Ambarawa|Ungaran offensive]]s reached Semarang city on 15 December 1945, causing an 87-day battle that swept away the [[UK|British]] and [[Dutch military]] completely.