Institution
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) was the colonial army of the Dutch East Indies, formed in 1830 and separate from the army of the Netherlands. Its soldiers were mainly Javanese, Ambonese and Manadonese under European officers, and it fought the Padri and Aceh wars that extended Dutch rule across the archipelago. Defeated by Japan in 1942, it fought the Indonesian Republic after 1945 and was dissolved in 1950.
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