A road project and the Java WarSourced
Tensions ran deep in colonial Java. A road project helped ignite war.
The Java War of 1825–1830 pitted rebels led by Diponegoro against Dutch colonial forces. Succession disputes and colonial policies had already raised tensions; conflict over a road project in 1825 became an immediate trigger. The road was the spark, not the whole cause.
A local project exposed a much wider conflict.
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