Operation Kraai

Operation Kraai was a fight between the Dutch Republic and Indonesia, in December of 1948. Talking had failed to stop the fight. 

The Dutch were able to take over Indonesia's capital Yogyakarta, and arrested Indonesians such as President Sukarno. 

The success was followed with small groups fighting the Dutch. It led to the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference and recognition of Indonesia as a country by the Dutch.Ricklefs (1993), p.230 "...both a military and a political catastrophe for [the Dutch]". 

The Dutch call it the second , and the Indonesians call it the Agresi Militer Belanda II.Zweers (1995)

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