Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Abdul Haris Nasution

Battles of Abdul Haris Nasution

Indonesian politician and general (1918–2000)

Abdul Haris Nasution is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1947 and 1961: 4 campaigns, all in present-day Indonesia. Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,154 km apart end to end, 1,385 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Indonesian National Revolution (2).

Police Actions (Indonesia)Operation KraaiOperation Pagar BetisOperation TrikoraPolice Actions (Indonesia)Operation KraaiOperation Pagar BetisOperation TrikoraKuala LumpurPalembangMakassarBandjarmasinBandar Seri BegawanDiliTarakanDarwinBandar LampungMalang1000 km3.524S, 118.635E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1947: 1 engagements1 in 19471948: 1 engagements1 in 19481949: 1 engagements1 in 19491961: 1 engagements1 in 196119471961
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Police Actions (Indonesia), 1947Operation Kraai, 1948Operation Pagar Betis, 1949Operation Trikora, 196119471961
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1947Police Actions (Indonesia)Sumatra, IndonesiaDutch victory; Indonesian government exiled
1948Operation KraaiSumatra, Indonesia0 km NDutch victory; Indonesian government exiled
1949Operation Pagar BetisWest Java, Indonesia996 km SEIndonesian government victory; Government forces...
1961Operation TrikoraWestern New Guinea3,158 km ENew York Agreement; Military stalemate; Start of the Papua...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, W. Punt for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.