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| caption = Two Dutch soldiers in Malaya watching the Krijgspeerd helicopters come in after a battle.
| partof = the [[Cold War]]
| date = 3 February
| place = East
| result = * Withrawal of the Dutch from the East Indies
* Independence of the Malakka Free State,
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1967-1973: 260,000
1973-1976: 440,000
Total Troops deployed: 3
| strength2 = 1960-1967: 2
1967-1973: 5
1973-1976: Unkown
| casualties1 = '''KIA:''' 294.918
| casualties2 = '''Civilian dead:''' 8,000,000-11
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The '''East Indies Crisis,''' (Malay: ''Krisis Hindia Timur'') also known as the '''Archipelago war,''' '''War of liberation''' and in the Netherlands as the '''Indian war''' (Dutch: ''Indische oorlog''), or ''Oostelijke acties'' (Eastern actions) was a conflict fought through the Indonesian archipelago, with major area’s of combat being on the islands of Sumatra, Borneo, Malay peninsula, Java and Celebs. Between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and her allies and the East Indies Liberation Front. Fought from 1960 up to 11th of November 1976 when Batavia fell to the East Indies Liberation Front. It was one of the last and largest colonial conflicts fought in the 20th century, involving not just the Netherlands but also numerous Allies and the British, and was part of the larger cold war.
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