Operation Product

Operation Product
Part of the Indonesian National Revolution

Clockwise from top left:
  • Dutch troops in Ambarawa
  • Burning sector houses in Cheribon
  • Battalion Shock Troops in Baturadja, South Sumatra
  • One of the destroyed harbor sheds of Tegal
Date21 July – 5 August 1947 (1947-07-21 – 1947-08-05)
Location
Result Dutch victory
Territorial
changes
Dutch forces recapture the economic centre of Sumatra and the Port of Java
Belligerents
 Indonesia  Netherlands
Commanders and leaders
Units involved

Indonesian Army

Indonesian Air Force

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army

Royal Netherlands Army

Royal Netherlands Air Force

Royal Netherlands Navy

Mariniersbrigade
Strength
10 Divisions in Java, 6 Divisions in Sumatra; ~195,000 combatants 3 Divisions in Java, 3 Brigades in Sumatra; ~95,000 combatants

Operation Product was a Dutch military offensive against areas of Java and Sumatra controlled by the de facto Republic of Indonesia during the Indonesian National Revolution.[1][2] It took place between 21 July and 4 August 1947. Referred to by the Dutch as the first politionele actie, in Indonesia, the military offensive is more commonly known in Indonesian history books and military records as Agresi Militer Belanda I (First Dutch Military Aggression).

The offensive was launched in violation of the Linggadjati Agreement between the de facto Republic and the Netherlands. The offensive resulted in the Dutch reducing Republican-held areas to smaller areas of Java and Sumatra, split by Dutch-held areas.[1]

  1. ^ a b Vickers (2005), p. 99
  2. ^ Cribb 2000, p. 156.

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