What the records say
- When
- 17 Aug 1964
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 1.49° N, 103.39° E
- Description
- Indonesian advance on Pontian Island
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Landing at Pontian
Indonesian advance on Pontian Island
The Landing at Pontian was an amphibious landing made by a small body of Indonesian troops in the Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. The landing took place during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, an undeclared war fought between Malaysia and Indonesia during the early 1960s over the creation of a Malaysian Federation encompassing parts of northern Borneo, areas that Indonesia sought to increase its own power in…
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