Operation Trikora
| Operation Trikora | |||||||||
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| Part of the West New Guinea dispute and the Cold War in Asia | |||||||||
Painting of the operation Trikora | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Indonesia Soviet Union | |||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
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Indonesia: 13,000 soldiers 7,000 paratroops 4,500 marines Soviet Union: 3,000 soldiers |
Netherlands: 10,000 soldiers 1,400 marines 1,000 Papuan volunteers | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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214 dead 1 motor torpedo boat sunk 2 motor torpedo boats damaged | 9 dead | ||||||||
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Pre-independence Domestic policy Foreign policy Family |
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Operation Trikora (Indonesian: Operasi Trikora) was a combined Soviet–Indonesian military operation which aimed to seize and annex the Dutch overseas territory of New Guinea in 1961 and 1962. After negotiations, the Netherlands signed the New York Agreement with Indonesia on 15 August 1962, relinquishing control of Western New Guinea to the United Nations.