Operation Apricot | |
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Part of the Pacific War | |
Location | Central Celebes, Dutch East Indies |
Objective | Ascertain Operation Lions' whereabouts |
Date | 5–31 January 1945 |
Casualties | 1 captured |
On 5 January 1945, a party of five Indonesians left Darwin to ascertain the fate of Operation Lion. On 14 January, the Dutch submarine K XV lands the party at the coast of the Djiko Doped Bay, north east Minahassa. The leader was captured; the remainder were evacuated by Catalina flying boat on 31 January.[1][2]
Dutch East Indies Commando raids of the Second World War | |
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Sumatra | Korps Insulinde (1943–45) |
Java |
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Celebes |
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Moluccas |
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Timor |
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New Guinea |
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Australian special operations of the Second World War | |
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Timor, Sundas and Java |
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New Guinea |
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Borneo |
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Celebes and Moluccas |
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Malaya and China Seas |
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other |
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proposed |
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other Netherlands East Indies |
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