Royal Netherlands East Indies Army

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colonial army military organization

The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army was the colonial military force of the Netherlands in the Dutch East Indies, playing a central role in maintaining Dutch rule and later fighting against Indonesian independence movements.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger 1
Netherlands East Indies troops 1
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army high command 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
abbreviation KNIL ⓘ
associatedWith Royal Netherlands Army ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ
commandLanguage Dutch ⓘ
country Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
disbanded 1950 ⓘ
disbandmentReason transfer of sovereignty to Indonesia ⓘ
engagedIn Aceh War ⓘ
Bali expeditions ⓘ
Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Dutch–Indonesian conflict

Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ
Java ⓘ
surface form: Java War

Pacific War ⓘ
Padri War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
established 1830 ⓘ
foughtAgainst Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Indonesian independence movement ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Indonesia
garrison Bandung ⓘ
Batavia ⓘ
headquartersLocation Bandung ⓘ
Batavia ⓘ
involvedIn counterinsurgency operations in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
maintenance of Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia ⓘ
nativeName Royal Netherlands East Indies Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger
notableCommander Hendrik Merkus de Kock ⓘ
Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz ⓘ
Simon Hendrik Spoor ⓘ
operatedIn Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
surface form: Netherlands East Indies
partOf Armed Forces of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Armed forces of the Netherlands
postwarRole military operations against Indonesian republicans ⓘ
reoccupation of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
primaryRole colonial defense ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
suppression of uprisings ⓘ
recruitedFrom Battle of Ambon ⓘ
surface form: Ambonese soldiers

European Dutch soldiers ⓘ
Indo-European population ⓘ
Menadonese soldiers ⓘ
foreign mercenaries ⓘ
native Indonesian soldiers ⓘ
statusDuringWWII elements evacuated to Australia ⓘ
partly captured by Japan ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Colonies of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Ministry of Colonies

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
successor Indonesian National Armed Forces ⓘ
uniformTradition distinct colonial uniforms adapted to tropical climate ⓘ
usedLanguage Dutch ⓘ
Malay ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

United States Army Forces in the Far East → alliedWith → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
Operation Product → commandedBy → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Netherlands East Indies Army high command
Battle of Ambon → defender → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
Battle of Ambon → garrison → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies troops
South-East Asian theatre of World War II → involvedForce → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army → nativeName → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger
Indonesian National Revolution → opponent → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
People's Security Army → opponent → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
Sudirman → opponent → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
Yogyakarta offensive → opponent → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
Indonesian Republican armed forces → opposed → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
South West Pacific Area → participant → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ