Operation Kraai
Dutch military offensive during the Indonesian National Revolution / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation Kraai was a fight between the Dutch Republic and Indonesia, in December of 1948. Talking had failed to stop the fight.
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Indonesian Army
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Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
Government Navy Royal Netherlands Army
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The Dutch were able to take over Indonesia's capital Yogyakarta, and arrested Indonesians such as President Sukarno.
The success was followed with small groups fighting the Dutch. It led to the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference and recognition of Indonesia as a country by the Dutch.[4]
The Dutch call it the second politionele actie, and the Indonesians call it the Agresi Militer Belanda II.[5]