Operation Crayfish was a World War II operation by the Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service. In February 1944 they parachuted a special forces team into the Bilorai area of Japanese-occupied Dutch New Guinea for a sustained land undertaking to organise local resistance elements.[1] It was part of the larger Operation Oaktree.
Dutch East Indies Commando raids of the Second World War | |
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Sumatra | Korps Insulinde (1943–45) |
Java |
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Celebes |
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Moluccas |
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Timor |
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New Guinea |
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Australian special operations of the Second World War | |
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Timor, Sundas and Java |
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New Guinea |
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Borneo |
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Celebes and Moluccas |
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Malaya and China Seas |
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other |
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proposed |
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other Netherlands East Indies |
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