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Westerling On the Road to Massacre

Medan was his first assignment. Westerling carried out a secret mission for the Dutch, ruthlessly killing Republican fighters along the way.

3 Sep 2023

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Captain Raymond Westerling, commander of Dutch special forces. (groene.nl).

FIVE parachutists jumped from an Allied plane and landed on the airfield of Medan. There, several Japanese had been waiting for them to make sure the guests didn't possess any arms. The five parachutists were then followed by the dispatch of several containers, half of which contained weapons while the rest had logistics inside. However, one of the parachutes failed to open. The commander's eyes were fixed on the sky as he anxiously hoped that the troubled container wouldn’t cause any problem with the Japanese. Soon afterwards, the container crashed into the ground.

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