The year 1943 was, in the Dutch staff history’s account (Deel VI, Hoofdstuk V), the year of the Japanese counter-operation against Lt lieutenant H. van Zanten’s post-capitulation resistance in Atjeh — the year of the November 1942 arrests of fourteen Redelong soldiers, of the 26 November 26 November 1942 Japanese attempt on Van Zanten’s bivouac, and of Van Zanten’s 10 March 10 March 1943 capture, court-martial at Fort de Rock and execution. The year 1943 is the terminus ad quem of the Dutch post-capitulation resistance in Atjeh.

The year 1943 was, in the Dutch staff history’s account (Deel VI, Hoofdstuk V), the year of the Japanese counter-operation against Lt lieutenant H. van Zanten’s post-capitulation resistance in Atjeh — the year of the November 1942 arrests of fourteen Redelong soldiers, of the 26 November 1942 Japanese attempt on Van Zanten’s bivouac, and of Van Zanten’s 10 March 1943 capture, court-martial at Fort de Rock and execution. The year 1943 is the terminus ad quem of the Dutch post-capitulation resistance in Atjeh.

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The 10 March 1943 capture and execution

The November 1942 – March 1943 Japanese counter-operation