Operation Claret

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Operation Claret was a series of covert cross-border military raids conducted by British Commonwealth forces during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in the 1960s.

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Operation Claret canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cross-border raid campaign ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
belligerent Commonwealth forces ⓘ
Indonesian forces ⓘ
classifiedAs special operations ⓘ
codename Operation Claret ⓘ
commandedBy British Far East Command ⓘ
conflict Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1966 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic emphasis on avoiding capture ⓘ
emphasis on avoiding civilian casualties ⓘ
highly classified at the time ⓘ
limited depth of penetration into Indonesian territory ⓘ
operations denied publicly during the conflict ⓘ
rules of engagement strictly controlled ⓘ
use of small, highly trained units ⓘ
implementedBy British Commonwealth forces ⓘ
location Borneo ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
Kalimantan ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
militaryTheater Borneo campaign ⓘ
natureOfOperation covert ⓘ
offensive ⓘ
objective to conduct covert cross-border raids into Indonesian territory ⓘ
to disrupt Indonesian forces during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation ⓘ
opposedBy Indonesian Army ⓘ
participant Australian Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Gurkha units ⓘ
New Zealand Army ⓘ
Royal Marines ⓘ
Special Air Service ⓘ
partOf Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation ⓘ
relatedTo Konfrontasi ⓘ
result contributed to containment of Indonesian military pressure on Malaysia ⓘ
tactical success for Commonwealth forces ⓘ
scope series of raids rather than a single action ⓘ
startTime 1964 ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
strategy forward defense through cross-border raids ⓘ
temporalContext Cold War ⓘ

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Claret operations → codename → Operation Claret ⓘ
Operation Claret → codename → Operation Claret ⓘ