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  1. Date7 December 1975 – 17 July 1976 · 7 months, 1 week and 3 days
    LocationEast Timor
    Territorial changesEast Timor occupied until 1999 · ∟East Timor became a province of Indonesia
  1. The Indonesian invasion of East Timor, known in Indonesia as Operation Lotus ( Indonesian: Operasi Seroja ), began on 7 December 1975 when the Indonesian military (ABRI/TNI) invaded East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism and anti-communism to overthrow the Fretilin regime that had emerged in 1974.

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    The Indonesian occupation of East Timor began in December 1975 and lasted until October 1999. After centuries of Portuguese colonial rule in East Timor, a 1974 coup in Portugal led to the decolonisation of its former colonies, creating instability in East Timor and leaving its future uncertain.

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    East Timor map during the Indonesian invasion, Indonesian soldiers pose in November 1975 in Batugade, East Timor with a captured Portuguese flag.
    By April 1976 Indonesia had some 35,000 soldiers in East Timor, with another 10,000 standing by in Indonesian West Timor. A large proportion of these troops were from Indonesia's elite commands. By the end of the year, 10,000 troops occupied Dili and another 20,000 had been deployed throughout East Timor.
    On December 10, a second invasion force captured the second largest city, Baucau. Elsewhere, East Timorese resistance continued, but by 1978 the annexation of East Timor by Indonesia was essentially complete. During the initial years of the Indonesian invasion and occupation, more than 100,000 East Timorese died as a direct result of the conflict.
    During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, suspected Fretilin sympathisers were arrested, human rights abuses rose, and the ban on foreign journalists was reimposed. Hatred intensified amongst Timorese towards the Indonesian military presence. Major General Prabowo's Kopassus Group 3 trained militias, who were dressed in black hoods, were sent to crush the remaining resistance.
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    WEBAug 30, 2021 · Why did Indonesia invade East Timor in 1975? Indonesia was ruled by a military dictatorship at the time. It wanted to prevent a grassroots, village-level political awakening in the archipelago. East

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