Grof geschut: Artillerie en luchtstrijdkrachten in de Indonesische onafhankelijkheidsoorlog, 1945-1949 ; Iron fist: Artillery and air power in the Indonesian war of independence, 1945-1949

The Indonesian war of independence has long been referred to in the Netherlands by the veiled propaganda term 'police actions'. In reality, it was a proper war in which the Dutch armed forces fought with modern weapons against the troops of the Indonesian Republic, which was proclaimed in 1945. The use of artillery, bombers and naval gunfire was not shunned in the effort to suppress the armed 'insurgency'. In this study, the application of artillery and air forces in this four-year war has been systematically examined for the first time. The research shows that the Dutch troops eagerly used he... Mehr ...