Regional1962

Battle of West Irian

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Indonesia

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of West Irian (1962), part of the Dutch-Indonesian War. Netherlands defeated Indonesia.

Belligerents2

Netherlands
Indonesia

Conflict graph

PART OFTrikora Operation

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of West Irian (1962). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-west-irian · Sources & methodology