Siliwangi Division
Siliwangi Division KODAM III/Siliwangi is a Military district formation of the Indonesian Army. The Division was formed during the Indonesian National Revolution by what was then known as the People's Security Army. It was stationed in West Java where much of its membership was recruited, and bore the name of a 15th Century kingdom located in this area and of that kingdom's King Siliwangi. it became a Territorial Division (Tentara & Territorium) on 24 July 1950, and a military regional command, or KODAM, in 1959. Since May 1946 the division was commanded by then-colonel Abdul Haris Nasution and his adjutant was Umar Wirahadikusumah, and slightly later Amirmachmud was the Division Commander's Chief of Staff. Kemal Idris was also among the division's officers. All of these would play a significant role in Indonesia's military and political life during the coming decades. Under the terms of the cease-fire agreement of January 1948 known as the Renville Agreement,...