Download or read book Sudirman, The Soldier from Banyumas written by TEMPO Publishing and published by Tempo Publishing. This book was released on with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a boy scout with the Hizbul Wathan movement and a teacher at a Muhammadiyah school. But during the Japanese occupation, Sudirman enlisted in the military, where at the age of 29 he was elected commander of the People’s Defense Army. Remembered as a simple general who was close to his troops, Sudirman set the foundations of the Indonesian Military.