Tentara Pelajar

Members of Tentara Republik Indonesia Pelajar (TRIP) with a machine gun in Surakarta on 12 November 1949

Tentara Pelajar or Student's Armies,[1] sometimes referred to as Student's Brigades is a collective name used for many small self-organized independent military units formed by students across Indonesia during Indonesian National Revolution.[2] Consisted mostly of very young pemuda (youth) from middle to high schools between the age of 14–18, they were famous for being uncontrollable and very radical compared to other more disciplined Republican units and militia.[3][4] While some units of Tentara Pelajar had centralized command and some degree of control by Indonesian military commanders,[4][5] many more were simply decentralized militia or units that are formed by students themselves and act independently from the rest of Indonesian armed forces.[6]

References

1. Wardhana, Ivan Prapanca; Muhadi, Muhadi; Sanjaya, Ageng (2019-08-14). "KETERLIBATAN TENTARA PELAJAR PADA SERANGAN UMUM EMPAT HARI DI SURAKARTA TAHUN 1949". Keraton: Journal of History Education and Culture. 1 (1). doi:10.32585/keraton.v1i1.321 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 2686-0082.
2. Susanto, Sewan (1985). Perjuangan tentara pelajar dalam perang kemerdekaan Indonesia. Gadjah Mada University Press. OCLC 15407535.
3. Pour, Julius (2009). Doorstoot naar Djokja : pertikaian pemimpin sipil-militer. Kompas. ISBN 978-979-709-454-6. OCLC 489734429.
4. Alamsyah, Ichsan Emrald (2020-08-17). "Sejarah Tentara Pelajar dan Cara Keluarga Peringati HUT RI". Republika Online (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-04-16.
5. Isnaeni, Hendri F. (2019-05-30). "Mengerjai Tentara Pelajar". Historia - Majalah Sejarah Populer Pertama di Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-04-16.
6. "Tentara Pelajar Dalam Pertempuran Sidobunder" (PDF). eprints.uny.ac.id (in Indonesian). 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2023.