In Reply to: Thanks Gary posted by Pedas on Thursday, 6. March 2008 at 19:15 Bali Time:
The Japanese Cave is located at Lat 8 degrees 21.553 minutes S & Long 116 degrees 01.959 minutes E. There is s steep slippery slope to the cave so you must grab every branch as you descend to the entrance. There is a long steep slope in front of the cave so it would be impossible to take the cave by frontal assault. Directly above the cave on the hill are a series of round pits. These pits could have been weapon pits used to defend the cave or just holes dug by the locals.
The L shaped cave could have been designed to prevent the munitions stored in the cave from igniting from a shell going through the entrance and exploding.
The cave could have been dug by forced labourers belonging to the Romusha.