Raymond Pierre Paul Westerling (31 August 1919 – 26 November 1987) was a Dutch military officer of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. He orchestrated a counter-guerrilla operation in Sulawesi during the Indonesian National Revolution after World War II and participated in a coup attempt against the Government of Indonesia in January 1950, a month after the official transfer of sovereignty. Both actions were denounced as war crimes by the Indonesian authorities. Born in the Ottoman Empire, despite his nickname, The Turk, Westerling was of mixed Dutch and Greek descent.
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Corps wore the red beret. At the end of 1946, the DST under Captain RaymondWesterling was deployed to South Celebes to restore Dutch authority in the area...
the KNIL were involved in an abortive coup in Bandung planned by RaymondWesterling and Sultan Hamid II. The coup failed and only accelerated the dissolution...
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paratrooper school. In Ceylon, he underwent jungle training together with RaymondWesterling intended to join other allied forces in Asia to fight the Japanese...
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Campaign, Captain RaymondWesterling of the KST, Special Forces of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army used the Westerling Method. Westerling ordered the...
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government led by Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) officer RaymondWesterling, there were demands from the public for a merger into the Republic...
IX, Tjokroaminoto, President Sukarno, and Dutch military officer RaymondWesterling (Legion of the Just Ruler). In 1951-1964 around Paniai Lakes there...
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participate in the fight against Japan. He served in the same unit as RaymondWesterling. Tazelaar went independently to the Dutch East Indies. His mother...
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