Operation Flamboyan
| Operation Flamboyan | |||||||||
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| Part of the Cold War in Asia | |||||||||
Indonesian soldiers pose with a seized Portuguese flag in Batugade, East Timor in November 1975 | |||||||||
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| Indonesia | Fretilin | ||||||||
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Dading Kalbuadi Yunus Yosfiah | Aquiles Freitas Soares | ||||||||
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| Kopassandha | |||||||||
Operation Flamboyan was a joint military operation in 1975 carried out by various elements of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia (ABRI) with the aim of annexing the Portuguese Timor. The operation was planned by Benny Moerdani on behalf of the Ministry of Defense.