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On the 4th of may 1952 in the early hours, the local Dutch administrators were killed in their beds and Dutch loyalist police forces were arrested and killed. This was the start of what would become known as the Johor uprising, or as it's known in Sunda “The butchering of Johor”.
It was thus on the '''4th of May 1952''' that across the Johor sultanate, the Dutch administrators, civilians, policemen and KNIL garrisons were all ambushed and killed. Marking the start of what would become known as the Johor rebellion.
'''Devastation of Johor'''
With the success of the neutralization of KNIL & DEI government forces in the sultanate, it was hoped that this would at first provide them with a strong position. It was the belief that the Netherlands would not be able to deploy the forces needed to deal with them.
[[File:Dutch soldiers landing in Malaya during the 1950 emergency.jpg|thumb|The 9th Batavian regiment disbarking nnear Johor prior to the start of the deaestation of Johor]]
Governor-General Martien van der Goot in the early hours of the '''5th of May'''
“Make an example out of these rebels kill them all.”
It was an order that the veteran commander, a veteran of countless expeditions, the Corean expedition,
[[File:KNIL soldiers of the 9th Batavian regiment fighting.jpg|thumb|233x233px|Soldiers of the 9th Regiment in Johor, firing from their positions.]]
The KNIL send with immediate haste the 9th Batavian regiment that landed on the old island in front of Johor. There they fought with the local National Republicans for around 6 days, it was slow but steady but eventually, the island was fully secured. It was then that the city was further surrounded by the lands and a combined push was made leading to the slow but steady degradation of the fighting capabilities of Johor. What is seen as a mistake by the rebels is that they attempted to
[[File:Walking past it all.jpg|thumb|KNIL soldiers with a Stier Panzerkannon, routing out the last of the resistance in the city. ]]
[[File:Walking past the ruins.jpg|thumb|A soldier of the 9th Regiment walking in Johor, 12th of may 1952.]]
It is here that rumours
▲The KNIL send with immediate haste the 9th Batavian regiment that landed on the old island in front of Johor. There they fought with the local National Republicans for around 6 days, it was slow but steady but eventually, the island was fully secured. It was then that the city was further surrounded by the lands and a combined push was made leading to the slow but steady degradation of the fighting capabilities of Johor. What is seen as a mistake by the rebels is that they attempted to mee the KNIL in open battle, which led to heavy losses on their side. Eventually, at the end of the month, the city had been breached and the rebellion was quickly turning to urban warfare leading to the destruction of the city.
▲It is here that rumours are about because it was during the destruction of the city that the term “Butchering of Johor” came to be. KNIL soldiers showed little mercy and did not care and saw all locals as rebels resulting in wide-scale destruction. It was also here that, to this day is a controversial topic, it is said KNIL death squats moved into the palace and eliminated the royal family in its entirety.
▲While this remains disputed this is the principal event that is seen as the precursor to the EIC. As this led the National republicans to flee to Russia and to train become better organised and spread their movement.
== Start of the revolt ==
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