Raymond Westerling

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Raymond Westerling


Born
in Istanbul, Turkey
August 31, 1919

Died
November 26, 1987

Genre
Memoir


Raymond Pierre Paul "The Turk" Westerling was a Dutch military officer of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army.

He orchestrated a counter-guerrilla operation in Sulawesi during the Indonesian National Revolution after World War II and participated in a coup attempt against the Government of Indonesia in January 1950, a month after the official transfer of sovereignty. Both actions were denounced as war crimes by the Indonesian authorities.

Born in the Ottoman Empire, despite his nickname, "The Turk", Westerling was of mixed Dutch and Greek descent. ...more

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