South Sulawesi campaign of 1946–1947
Battle between Indonesian and Dutch forces during the Indonesian National Revolution / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The South Sulawesi Campaign (10 December 1946 – 21 February 1947) was a campaign during the Indonesian National Revolution. It was a counter-insurgency offensive of the special forces of the KNIL against Indonesian infiltrations from Java and pro-Indonesian local militias. It was masterminded by the controversial Raymond Westerling, a captain in the KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army). Westerling's operation, which started in December 1946 and ended in February 1947, succeeded in eliminating the insurgency and undermining local support for the Republicans by instituting summary executions of suspected enemy fighters.[4]
South Sulawesi Campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Indonesian National Revolution | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Indonesia | Netherlands | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sam Ratulangi |
Captain Westerling Colonel De Vries | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Tentara Republik Indonesia (TRI) Kebaktian Rakyat Indonesia Sulawesi (KRIS) Various local irregular fighting forces |
Depot Special Forces (DST) Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) Police units Village guards | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
100 TRI troops | 123 DST troops | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
3 DST troops killed Unknown number of KNIL soldiers and members of village guards and police units killed | ||||||
Between 3,100 and 3,500 civilians killed by Dutch troops, with some summarily executed, and approximately 1,500 killed by TRI troops [1][2][3] |