On 13-14 august, indo attacked biak+sorong with 27000 soldiers against 12000 dutch soldiers. On 15 aug, Dutch capitulated via NY agreement.https://twitter.com/kopiganja/status/811837107173896192 …
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W odpowiedzi do @VeritasArdentur
actually, you're right. Without the military harassment, the Dutch wouldn't have capitulated
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W odpowiedzi do @kopiganja @VeritasArdentur
but it didn't happen over 3 days in August 1962. There has been long and sustained effort since the 1950's.
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W odpowiedzi do @kopiganja @VeritasArdentur
at that point in August, the Dutch were simply no longer willing to engage in a protracted and expensive faraway conflict.
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W odpowiedzi do @kopiganja @VeritasArdentur
but it's widely recognized that the key factor was Kennedy's unwillingness to back the Dutch and antagonize Soekarno..
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W odpowiedzi do @kopiganja @VeritasArdentur
.. especially when you're trying to draw a key regional power away from the sphere of influence of the Communist bloc.
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W odpowiedzi do @kopiganja @VeritasArdentur
so in that, far from being non-aligned, Soekarno actually played both blocs well to his advantage.
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W odpowiedzi do @kopiganja @VeritasArdentur
the failure I was referring to was Operation Trikora that killed Yos Sudarso and subsequent incursions in following months.
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W odpowiedzi do @kopiganja @VeritasArdentur
.. and please correct me if I'm wrong, but Operation Jayawijaya didn't actually materialize and was called off.
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W odpowiedzi do @kopiganja @VeritasArdentur
.. because the Dutch, sensibly, decided to handover to the UN the decolonization process that they've had going all along.
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and, we have to admit, that decision by the Dutch potentially saved thousands of Indonesian military lives 
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