Nederland – KNIL Classified official Dutch Special Forces Instruction Manual – Partisans – Prisoners- Guerilla Warfare – Special Troops – Westerling – 1946

Truly rare classified instruction manual for the Dutch Special Troops in their combat against the Indonesians at the end of WW2 and shortly thereafter. Shows many, highly debated, ways of taking prisoners, binding prisoners, interrogation of enemy personel, booby-traps, anti-guerrilla warfare etc. Resembles a lot of the techniques used by the infamous Westerling and his special forces (e.g. the ''ATJEH KNOOP''. Very confronting and graphic cartoons of how to beat down the Indonesian independence warriors. Great set of classified manual for your KNIL / Indonesian / Dutch military history collection! Indonesian independence war The Indonesian National Revolution (Indonesian: Revolusi Nasional Indonesia) began shortly after Japan's capitulation on August 15, 1945, followed by the proclamation of the Republic of Indonesia on August 17, 1945, and ended with the transfer of sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies colony ( excluding Western New Guinea) by the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United States of Indonesia in December 1949. The creation of those United States of Indonesia, however, only partially met the demands of the insurgents who had full independence proclaimed.Shortly after the Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945, hostilities broke out between Indonesian nationalists and British Commonwealth forces who had taken strategic... lees verder bij Catawiki