WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 17 AUGUST IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on August 17, 2019
1942: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin (Butaritari)
1945: Sukarno proclaims Indonesia independence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_Declaration_of_Independence
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Sukarno%27s_Proclamation_of_Indonesian_Independence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oXN2-ifFYI
1945: General Leclerc is appointed commander in chief for French forces in Far East, and Admiral d’Argenlieu administrator of French Indo-China
1947: The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed
ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radcliffe_Line
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/17th-august-1947-the-radcliffe-line-the-border-between-the-union-of-india-and-the-dominion-of-pakistan-is-revealed
1947: After the Independence of India, the first contingent of British troops sailed for home
1960: Indonesia break up its diplomatic relations with Netherlands
1973: The United States and Thailand agree to begin negotiations on the reduction of American troops in Thailand
1982: Sino-American joint communiqué on the progressive reduction of US sales of weapons to Taiwan
http://www.taiwandocuments.org/communique03.htm
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/7941.html
1983: Three Afghan nationalist moderate movements announce their alliance and support king Zaher Shah in exile in Italy
2005: Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4158478.stm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Bangladesh_series_bombings
2009: North Korea agrees to reopen its border with South Korea and allow tourism and family reunions to resume, the North’s KCNA news agency said
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8204516.stm
2015 : A bomb explodes close to a shrine in the centre of Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than 100
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33963280
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/17/asia/thailand-bangkok-bomb/index.html