campaign, Cold War

Operation Flamboyan

Name: Operation Flamboyan
Location: Portuguese Timor, East Timor

Operation Flamboyan was a campaign fought in 1975 at Portuguese Timor, in what is now East Timor. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Portuguese Timor. It was part of the Cold War in Asia. The recorded result: Indonesian victory.

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Fought1975

WherePortuguese Timor, East Timor8.555S, 125.579E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeIndonesian victory

BelligerentsIndonesiaagainstFretilin

Part ofCold War in AsiaIndonesian invasion of East Timor

Where it sits in the Cold War in Asia

5 placed engagements of the Cold War in Asia in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1975 (year precision) to 1975
Place	Portuguese Timor, East Timor 8.555S, 125.579E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War
Territorial change	Indonesian forces captured Batugade, Balibo, Maliana, Aidabaleten, and large parts of Bobonaro and Cova Lima Districts
Commanders	Dading Kalbuadi Yunus Yosfiah

Placed at Portuguese Timor; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Penfui 1749, 276 km SW
Battle of Timor 1942, 295 km SW
Battle of Ambon 1942, 606 km NE
Action of 26 July 1806 1806, 678 km NW
Raid on Darwin 1943, 719 km SE

In the same war

After: Indonesian invasion of East Timor 1975
All 5 engagements of Cold War in Asia

Elsewhere in 1975

Operation Flamboyan is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 8 in present-day Timor-Leste.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q60847202, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Flamboyan, revision 1370632469, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.