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Abstrak
This article discussed “The Role of Military and Civil Figure in North Bandung in Defending Indonesia Independence in 1945-1949. The main problem investigated is how is the role of military and civil figure in North Bandung in Defending Indonesia Independence in 1945-1949 taking Col. Sukanda Bratamanggala and Sewaka in facing ally soldiers invading Bandung. The steps to present the problems in this article were using historical research with four research steps, namely heuristics, critique, interpretation and histography. Based on the research, the role of military and civil figure in North Bandung was started when in 1945 the ally soldiers came. It, then, happened the battles in North Bandung as people struggling on ally soldiers including from Col. Sukanda Bratamanggala as the Chief Command North Bandung Batalyon and Raden Mas Sewaka as West Java Governor. There were two different ways in facing the soldiers performed by the two figures. Sukanda did a military action while Sewaka performed a diplomacy strategy