First Dutch Police Action

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colonial war operation event in the Indonesian National Revolution military offensive

The First Dutch Police Action was a major 1947 Dutch military offensive against the nascent Republic of Indonesia during the Indonesian National Revolution, aimed at reasserting colonial control.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Eerste Politionele Actie	2
First Dutch Police Action canonical	2
First Police Action	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial war operation ⓘ event in the Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Dutch Police Action ⓘ surface form: Eerste Politionele Actie Operation Product ⓘ
belligerent	Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Indonesia
characterizedAs	colonial aggression by Indonesian historiography ⓘ police action by Dutch authorities at the time ⓘ
commandedBy	Simon Hendrik Spoor ⓘ
conflict	Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ
country	Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
endDate	1947-08-05 ⓘ
followedBy	Renville Agreement negotiations ⓘ Second Dutch Police Action ⓘ
goal	reassert Dutch colonial control over Indonesia ⓘ seize economically important areas ⓘ weaken the Republic of Indonesia ⓘ
hasCasualties	Dutch military casualties ⓘ Indonesian civilian casualties ⓘ Indonesian military casualties ⓘ
historicalContext	struggle for Indonesian independence ⓘ
involves	air operations ⓘ ground offensives ⓘ naval operations ⓘ use of modern Dutch military forces ⓘ
ledTo	United Nations Security Council resolutions ⓘ surface form: UN Security Council resolutions on Indonesia international diplomatic pressure on the Netherlands ⓘ
legalStatusAtTheTime	presented by the Netherlands as an internal police operation ⓘ
location	Dutch East Indies ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Java ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ
opposedBy	Indonesian National Armed Forces ⓘ Republican guerrilla forces ⓘ
opposedByOrganization	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
partOf	Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ
precededBy	Renville Agreement ⓘ surface form: Dutch–Indonesian negotiations after World War II
result	Dutch territorial gains ⓘ United Nations involvement in the conflict ⓘ ceasefire under UN pressure ⓘ international criticism of the Netherlands ⓘ
startDate	1947-07-21 ⓘ
target	Republic of Indonesia-controlled territories ⓘ industrial centers ⓘ oil fields ⓘ plantation areas ⓘ
timePeriod	post-World War II decolonization ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indonesian National Revolution → significantEvent → First Dutch Police Action ⓘ

First Dutch Police Action → alsoKnownAs → First Dutch Police Action ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eerste Politionele Actie

Second Dutch Police Action → precededBy → First Dutch Police Action ⓘ

Operation Product → alsoKnownAs → First Dutch Police Action ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Police Action

Operation Product → alsoKnownAs → First Dutch Police Action ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eerste Politionele Actie