campaign, Cold War

Operation Product

Name: Operation Product
Location: Sumatra, Indonesia

Operation Product was a campaign fought in 1947 at Sumatra, in what is now Indonesia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Sumatra. It was part of the Indonesian National Revolution, which ran from 1945 to 1949. The recorded result: Dutch victory. Recorded strength: ~200,000 against ~120,000.

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Fought1947

WhereSumatra, Indonesia0.299S, 101.271E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeDutch victory

BelligerentsIndonesiaagainstNetherlands

Casualties and losses4,000 casualties; (including in Operation Kraai)and74 killed; 178 wounded; 16 missing

Part ofIndonesian National RevolutionPolice Actions (Indonesia)

Where it sits in the Indonesian National Revolution

12 placed engagements of the Indonesian National Revolution in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1947 (year precision) to 1947
Place	Sumatra, Indonesia 0.299S, 101.271E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War
Territorial change	Dutch forces recapture the economic centre of Sumatra and the Port of Java
Strength	~200,000	~120,000
Casualties and losses	4,000 casualties; (including in Operation Kraai)	74 killed; 178 wounded; 16 missing
Commanders	Sudirman Oerip Soemohardjo	Simon Spoor Hubertus van Mook

Placed at Sumatra; 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

Capture of Malacca 1511, 297 km N
Siege of Malacca 1568, 297 km N
Siege of Malacca 1606, 297 km N
Siege of Malacca 1640, 298 km N
Action of 13 December 1964 1964, 319 km NE

In the same war

Before: Police Actions (Indonesia) 1947
After: Operation Kraai 1948
All 12 engagements of Indonesian National Revolution

Elsewhere in 1947

Operation Product is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 106 in present-day Indonesia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q3354066, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Product, revision 1370698773, 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.