WARS, CONLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 12 NOVEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on November 12, 2018
764: Under king Trisong Detsen, Tibetan take Chang’an (now Xi’an), the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty emperor Daizong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisong_Detsen
1841: During the First Afghan War, beginning of the siege of Jellalabad, up to April 13, 1842
http://britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/siege-jellalabad.htm
1893: The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan – the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two nations
http://www.afghanistans.com/information/history/durandline.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZPKsgz5MoA
1926: the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) revolts in Banten, Batavia, Bandung, Padang. PKI declares a republic. Revolt is crushed by the Dutch, who make over 13,000 arrests
https://books.google.fr/books?id=V7crBNqa-9UC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=1926:+the+Communist+Party+of+Indonesia+(PKI)+revolts+in+Banten&source=bl&ots=Uv0UU7NkWe&sig=3EI9zxjMRippp9IOqTxtfZU2mUk&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAWoVChMImo3ogJmJyQIVRNcaCh1AmQNy#v=onepage&q=1926%3A%20the%20Communist%20Party%20of%20Indonesia%20(PKI)%20revolts%20in%20Banten&f=false
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2050720?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
1933: The Independent Republic (Turkish Islamic Republic of Eastern Turkestan- TIRET or Republic of Uyghurstan, both names were used at the same time) is proclaimed (up to February 6, 1934
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_East_Turkestan_Republic
1942: Beginning of the three-day capital naval battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-CN-Guadalcanal/index.html
1944: In a part of Xinjiang, following the Yili Uprising, the Second Eastern Turkestan Republic is proclaimed (up to October 20, 1949)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_East_Turkestan_Republic
1948: In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials to death, including Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, for their role during WW2
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-war-criminals-sentenced
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East
http://www.cnd.org/mirror/nanjing/NMTT.html
1951: General Ridway orders to stop all new offensive. The Korea War enters into its trenchers period
1969: An American journalist,Seymour Hersh, reveals the massacre of the population of the Vietnam village of My Lay on 16 March 1968
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/seymour-hersh-breaks-my-lai-story
1971: In the Vietnam war, as part of Vietnamization, US President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-sets-new-deadline-for-next-troop-withdrawal
1991: In Dili (East-Timor), Indonesian forces open fire on demonstrators causing 271 deaths et 250 missing people
http://www.etan.org/timor/SntaCRUZ.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dili_Massacre
1997: Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
http://www.terrorismfiles.org/individuals/ramzi_yousef.html
2001: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20011114wednesday.html