Operation Trikora

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Operation Trikora was a major Indonesian military and political campaign in the early 1960s aimed at wresting control of Western New Guinea (West Irian) from Dutch colonial rule and integrating it into Indonesia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Operation Trikora canonical 2
Trikora operation 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
political campaign ⓘ
announcedAt Yogyakarta ⓘ
announcedBy Sukarno ⓘ
announcedOn 1961-12-19 ⓘ
codename Tri Komando Rakyat ⓘ
commandedBy Sukarno ⓘ
conflict West New Guinea dispute ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
endTime 1963 ⓘ
followedBy Act of Free Choice ⓘ
goal annexation of Western New Guinea by Indonesia ⓘ
end of Dutch colonial rule in Western New Guinea ⓘ
integration of West Irian into Indonesia ⓘ
hasComponent covert operations ⓘ
diplomatic pressure ⓘ
military pressure ⓘ
propaganda campaign ⓘ
involvedBranch Indonesian Air Force ⓘ
Indonesian Army ⓘ
Indonesian Navy ⓘ
location Netherlands New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Dutch New Guinea

West Irian ⓘ
Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: western New Guinea
meaningOfName People's Triple Command ⓘ
opponent Netherlands ⓘ
opposedBy United States mediation efforts ⓘ
partOf Indonesia–Netherlands relations ⓘ
decolonization of Indonesia ⓘ
precededBy diplomatic negotiations over Netherlands New Guinea ⓘ
relatedEvent West Irian campaign ⓘ
relatedTo Indonesian nationalism ⓘ
post-colonial territorial disputes ⓘ
result New York Agreement ⓘ
subsequent transfer of Western New Guinea to Indonesia ⓘ
transfer of administration of Western New Guinea to UNTEA ⓘ
significance key step in Indonesian control over Papua region ⓘ
startTime 1961-12-19 ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
Warsaw Pact states ⓘ
linked to: Warsaw Pact
timePeriod early 1960s ⓘ
usedStrategy airborne infiltration into West New Guinea ⓘ
support for local pro-Indonesian groups ⓘ
threat of large-scale amphibious invasion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indonesian National Armed Forces → engagedIn → Operation Trikora ⓘ
West New Guinea dispute → keyEvent → Operation Trikora ⓘ
Mandala Monument of West Irian Liberation → commemorates → Trikora operation ⓘ
linked to: Operation Trikora