Operation Crayfish
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Operation Crayfish was a World War II operation by the Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service. In February 1944 they parachuted a special forces team into the Bilorai area of Japanese-occupied Dutch New Guinea for a sustained land undertaking to organise local resistance elements.[1] It was part of the larger Operation Oaktree.
Dutch East Indies Commando raids of the Second World War | |
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| Sumatra | Korps Insulinde (1943–45) |
| Java |
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| Celebes |
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| Moluccas |
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| Timor |
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| New Guinea |
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Australian special operations of the Second World War | |
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| Timor, Sundas and Java |
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| New Guinea |
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| Borneo |
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| Celebes and Moluccas |
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| Malaya and China Seas |
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| Other |
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| Proposed |
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| Other Netherlands East Indies |
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