Operation Trikora

December 19, 1961 – August 15, 1962 · Western New Guinea

Result New York Agreement

Indonesia launched a military campaign to take Western New Guinea from the Netherlands. A US-brokered agreement moved the territory to UN and then Indonesian control.

On the map Contemporaries

Indonesia

Netherlands

Indonesia

Soviet Union

Netherlands

Suharto military commander

Sukarno belligerent leader

Abdul Haris Nasution military commander

Soerjadi Soerjadarma military commander

Strength and losses

Deaths: 214

Deaths: 9

Units

Indonesian Army

Before and after

Ended by: New York Agreement August 15, 1962

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1962

Operation Trikora

New York Agreement