Daftar Isi:
  • The purpose of this research is to find out exactly how the conditions and efforts of the people of Muara Enim during their struggle to defend independence from the desire of the allies to take over Indonesia again. The research was conducted from March 15, 2019 to April 15, 2019 in the Muara Enim area by using historical methods for information gathering techniques in literature studies and with interview techniques obtained from veterans of the 1945 class at Muara Enim. From the research that has been done obtained a result that can prove that Muara Enim played a role in dealing with allies in the event to defend the independence of the Republic of Indonesia. The event occurred in two stages, the first was called the 1st Dutch Military Aggression in 1947 and the second was called Second Dutch Military Aggression in 1949. In this incident the people of Muara Enim (security services, youth and society) fought against allies in order to maintain Indonesia's independence. In this case there are very many fighters who move voluntarily for the state without any coercion from other parties. The struggle carried out by the people of Muara Enim in various ways by direct and diplomatic confrontation. The effort was successfully carried out in view of the difficulty of the allies entering the Muara Enim area because a lot of resistance was carried out in every administrative area of Muara Enim. So that this effort culminated in the Round Table Conference (KMB) in 1949 aimed at resolving problems between Indonesia and allie