Historical Military Engagements in Indonesia

Historical photographs capturing military actions and interactions between soldiers and local residents in Indonesia during the post-war period.

People and animals in front of buildings effected by riots between Hindus and Muslims in Noakhali East Bengal Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. On a country road, a jeep is parked with trailer. Dutch soldiers speak with residents who are in the bend of the road at a kind of warn. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soukey tranquility. Soukey: Purification actions of 3-4 R.I. A patrol in a burning kampong. January 14, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Fotocollectie Anefo. Wi West Indies / Anefo Londen Serie. Dorp guy. MARRONDORP SURINAME. {1940-1945}. Guyaba, suriname.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 5th Velcie. Genie to Semarang. Create or repair a bridge. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pankelan at Krawrang. a light plane seen from the village. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Krawang, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Transfer area Ponorogo. A column transferred Dutch Drietonners staffed with TNI soldiers stops. They are preceded by Dutch Jeeps. October 23, 1944. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC EreTan-Wetan at Indramajoe (for yearbook of 3-1 R.I.). Group portrait. Caught Indonesians. 19 April 1948. Eretan-Lettan, Indonesia, Indramaju, Dutch East Indies

People and animals in front of buildings effected by riots between Hindus and Muslims in Noakhali East Bengal Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Cheribon. Cheribon. A destroyed bridge at kadoved. July 22, 1947. Cirebon, Indonesia, Java, Kadneede, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC The places Arab Melajoe, Alah Kemang and Oloe thanks. After the liberation of Djambi (Sumatra), the assistant resident of Schendel, who already exerted a board function in these areas before the war, a trip to the places Arab-Melayoe, Olah-Kernang and Oloe dang. December 31, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Implementation of genie work. Group photo of soldiers in front of a house behind a fence. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Environment Padang. Four thousand Niamasser Christians are interned by the TNI in the area of Pasar Oesang under the inhumaneest circumstances. Eighteen hundred survivors could still be saved by the Dutch troops from the Hungry Death. Two girls, the one dressed in torn tree bark, on whose young faces still thinks the fear and misery. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspection travel General P.L.G. Doorman (September-October 1946). General Doorman (in the middle of cap). September 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC airbases. Laha airport (Ambon). Alloy complex entrance. On the board is 'transient Bileting Passangrahan'. April 1947. Ambon, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Withdrawal of Dutch troops from solo, Gondang Winangoe and clares. The Dutch flag is ironed. November 12, 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Annual existence of the armored troops in Bandoeng. Camping on Papandajanlaan. November 23, 1946. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Namlea. Island of Boar. Moluccas. Barracks of knir detachment. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Evacuation Withdrawal off Purworedjo. Dutch column leaves Riding artillery. October 21, 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purworedjo

Anefo photo collection. Dutch troops in Indonesia. July 10, 1946. Indonesia

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Poerwakarta. Dutch soldiers enter a city. 25 July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Madura. Large group of children and women. August 1947. Indonesia, Madura, Dutch East Indies

Belgian Sailors at a Skegness Training Camp- Belgian Naval Training at Butlin's, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK, 1945 Belgian sailors take part in hammock drill outside their quarters at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, Skegness. Before the war, this training camp was a Butlin's holiday camp.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Monument Ambarawa. Ruin of the total destroyed monument. October 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Poll photo collection. "Hofesh" boy scouts are ready to go on holiday. January 1, 1964. Israel

Mahatma Gandhi and others on march through the riot effected areas of Noakhali East Bengal, November 1946, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC ArmsVelivery and evacuation T.N.I. In the area of Poerwakarta at Staf 2e Infantry Brigade. Poerwakarta: here too, the evacuation of TNI troops went into smooth pace waiting for registration. 8 February 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purwakarta

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Apple in a barracks in Suriname. 1947. Suriname

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Demolitions in Pekalongan. Pekalongan: offices and buildings of the factor of the Dutch trading company in Pekalongan, as they were found by the Dutch troops. August 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Pekalongan

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The Queen leaves Groningen. To the right of her Governor Klaasesz. November 3, 1955. Groningen, Suriname

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Celebration 4-year anniversary Shock troops by 5 battalion shock troops in Ambarawa .. September 21, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Instrumentation Tangerang. Soldiers of battalion infantry I knasc in Tangerang trucks. 28 May 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Dutch and TNI soldiers walk over a road. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Officers of horse artillery brigade, near Culpeper, Va., September, 1863 | Library of Congress

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Soekaboemi. An exploration unit is approaching a Kampong. July 21, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Sukabumi

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage T-Brigade. Salatiga: On the birthday of Her Majesty the Queen Wilhelmina, on August 31 in Salatiga was held by troops of the T-Brigade a parade for their commander Colonel D.R.A. Van Langen and the Recomba, Assistant Resident E. Stek Recomba = Government Commissioner for administrative matters. August 31, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Salatiga

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Swing in second Lieutenant Niehof in the Prins Bernhard instruction schedule perscopie, no caption list. Ceremony at the Prins Bernhard instruction school in Tjimahi. Estimation of 2nd lieutenant E. Niehof. Afterwards by Colonel H.J. De Vries, Inspector of Security Bataljons, awarded a group of trainees awarded., followed by a military parade. May 15, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reportage Dajeuhkolot (Bandoeng sector). Firing an old cannon as a salute. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting airport Djokja, arrival Catalina Republic, watching members of good services. The Dutch troops raise in Djokjakarta. Air landing troops have passed a bridge. December 19, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Evacuation Withdrawal from Kemiri or Purworedjo. Dutch officer receives military greeting from TNI military on the right a foreign observer. October 18, 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting tjilatjap. In the city of Tjilatjap, the European homes falled to the destruction rage of the retracting TNI. August 1948. Cilacap, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Kamp of Angolan liberation movement Fnla in Zaire, members liberation movement in the camp. August 22, 1973. Zaire

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Exploration trip Bren-Carriers 2-10 R.I. Surakarta. Bren carriers on the road. March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Surakarta

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Retrieving to Fort van der Capellen and Fort de Kock (Anei-gorge). Dutch troops draw a place. Left infanterists, right vehicles. December 29, 1948. Batusangkar, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Shipping from the U-Brigade from Batavia to Padang (2nd series). Padang. Transfer of headquarters through British Indian army unit (Gurkhas) to part of the U-Brigade .. October 29, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit by army commander D.C. Buurman van Vreeden to Padang. The Army Commander, Lieutenant General D.C. Buurman van Vreede, visited Padang and the surrounding area on 21 September. Neighbor of Vreeden arrives. September 21, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Salatiga. Celebration of the 134th anniversary of the Hussars of Boreel by the 2nd Eskadron armored cars. An armored car passes a jeep during the dehip in which Colonel D.R.A. Van Langen De Parade decreases. November 25, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Salatiga

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Large purification action in the W-Brigade area. Middle Java: Purification campaign in the area of the W-Brigade 1-II RI took 2 weeks out. By Kali's, over shaky bridges and by abandoned Kampongs. For example, the infanterist shows what he is worth! Back in the inhabited world it turned out that the canteen truck was waiting, and that the lemonade disappeared as in a bottomless vessel .. March 15, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade in Bandoeng. Universal Carrier. July 1947. Bandoeng, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pankelan at Krawrang. Report to Pankelan. Isolated outpost of 1-4-8-regiment infantry. Patrol at Pankalan in the Krawangse. Horses are used. March 12, 1948. Indonesia, Krowang, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Morning gymastics? By a group of men in shorts on a lawn for a house in the jungle. At the front is a sentry. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC First maintenance with the Kampong heads around Djambi through the ASD. Resident Van Schendel. Assistant resident of Schendel, with an Indonesian man with a tropical helmet in advance, is under great interest through a Kampong. December 31, 1948. Indonesia, Jambi, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Dispensary Of The 492Nd Bomb Squadron, 7Th Bomb Group At Bishnupur Airfield, Bengal, India.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sector Cheribon (1st Police Action 21-27 July 1947). A command or radio wagon is on the lawn for a hotel. The Dutch flag waving. July 21, 1947. Cirebon, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Tree trunks are transported floating with floating cabin. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification campaign Environment Pagaralem South Sumatra. Purification actions are regularly taken from pagaralem (ZD-SUM), whereby the infantry mainly receives support from the carriers, while a Piper Cub maintains a controlled connection with the various pre-posts. A purification column is pulled out of .. March 18, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC General Track in Palembang: Posts in West Sumatra. General track visits a warning alligence. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

Photo collection Service army contacts Indonesia. DLC Surabaya; advance Malang. Singasari else; city offers desolate look. 24 July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Singasari

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Semarang sector. Semarang: an exploration unit runs over a bridge. July 26, 1946. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Padang. Padang. A jeep with trailer and three soldiers. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC belongs to Art. "The refined Les Paskoean". Pasoeroan: revealed by religious teachers, to that end by the Government of Djocja, the population of Kampong Lekok founded a wild murder among Chinese inhabitants. 26 Hunner were deadly dead in a horrible and the corpses in the wells. Members of the Hizbullah - the largest Mohammedan battle organization - working on the storage of the Ned's command. purifying spatrouille .. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Here's How U.S. Marines Landed On Solomon Island -- When the bridgehead is well established, tents are set up and a base of operations formed. The second function of the United States Marines is to hold the territory upon which landings are made. October 21, 1942.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Dressed by West Java of the Hussars van Boreel, W.O. Radiowagen (Film car). Soldiers are resting next to their vehicles during a pause. April 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Padang, Loekboek Boeaja tabing. Padang Loekboek Boeaja: The bridges must be fade. Fortunately, the genius is there to bring build-up instead of destruction. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC v.p.t.l .. The surrounding of housing groups "are in a country where there is plenty of bamboo almost everywhere". 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Ingrounds of Surabaya. The inundations at Surabaya. The population of the regions, affected by the inundations of Republican side, flight with the cattle to safer area. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Surabaya

Reconstruction of Aunay-Sur-Odon, France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sector Cheribon (1st Police Action 21-27 July 1947). Local population has come true to view Dutch soldiers. July 21, 1947. Cirebon, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Safety repayment I RS bumpers. The palace (house) of Landvoogd H.J. Van Mook to the Koningsplein-Noord in Batavia. November 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Return to and liberation from Kediri. Shortly after the liberation of Kediri (East Java), a sciful of male inhabitants returned. They were interned by Republican Armed Forces a few days before and stated that "De Hollanders" had come in time, because "the tentara" t.-i. had further introduced them to. December 24, 1948. Indonesia, Kediri, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Instrumentation Tangerang. Dutch soldiers of battalion infantry I knasc in the streets of Tangerang. 28 May 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC V Veldgenie Cie Te Tempuran. Prime Minister Beel and Minister Side visit Sumatra. Visit to the V Veldgeniecompagnie in Tempuran. Inspection of the honorary guard. December 17, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC New Guinea series. farm?. October 1948. New Guinea

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Houtzagerij. October 1, 1955. Suriname

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Presentation of awards to Major Luchsinger and Lieutenant Bos in Bandoeng. On a soccer field, five Stuart tanks of the 2nd Eskadron armored cars are drawn up. There are crews for this. On the left an honorary guard. On the other side of the field a row of seats. November 2, 1946. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit from Lieutenant General Spoor to Makassar; Commemoration 1 year exist East Indonesia; Recording Soekawati. Commemoration on ereveld. December 23, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Colonne on the way. Photo taken from one of the trucks. October 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspectorate General H.J. Curls by Indonesia. 2nd Infantry Brigade Group General curls when visiting a military post. Links next to him General Dürst Britt. May 2, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Ter Veer farm foreground ZEBU-Tensaps. December 1953. Guinea

***** Tarakan show Anzac highway in the foreground are bicycles which the forces ***** from the inhabitants and used ***** transport during the first few day, of the invasion. Here they are waiting to ***** return ***** their owners. January 01, 1945. (Photo by Netherlands Indies Information Service).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspection requirement General P.L.G. Doorman (September-October 1946). General Buurman shakes the hand of a TNI officer at a demarcation line?. September 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade Koningsplein Batavia. DEILER on the occasion of Queen Wilhelmina's birthday. August 30, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Aircraft, Burma, India &ELECTRONICS,RADIO War

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pondok GEDEH. Stoking, especially women are in front of the entrance to a temple. January 6, 1948. Bali, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Cheribon. Parade, various topics Tjikempek. Tjikempek. 11 officers of the 2nd Infantry Brigade were assigned to Tjikempek. A parade was held after the ceremony. Universal Carriers (Bren Carriers). October 3, 1947. Cikempek, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Zegeis from the Y-Brigade with the Boissevain from Bali to Palembang (Sumatra) 2nd series. Y-brigade in Palembang. Headquarters. Gateway to Courtyard of the Benteng. October 29, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Palembang, Sumatra

Police fire resolutions in Tandjongkarang in the weather with fire spraying; Fire brigade exercise of all fire syringes of police fire brigade in Tandjongkarang.Part of Reminder Album for F.J. Junius, Departing Resident of Lampong (South Sumatra).

Parade at the Shock troops Regiment in the Dutch East Indies.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Primitive tobacco planting Papuahuis Mindiptanah. November 1955. Mindiptanah, Guinea

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Buitenzorg Field post. Destroyed bridge. September 1947. Cisolok, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspection trips. MAJ. Dürst Britt 3rd Infantry Brigade to Garut. Genists engaged in the constructing and laying a bailey bridge. October 23, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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