Korps Insulinde

Korps Insulinde ('Insulindia Corps') was a Dutch Commando (special operations capable) established on 1 August 1942 in British Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka. The unit, originally called the Netherland Special Operations, emerged from the Princess Irene Brigade alongside No. 2 (Dutch) Troop of the No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando. The Korps Insulinde fought during World War II against the Japanese occupiers of the Dutch East Indies. The corps was commanded by Major Frits Mollinger of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) and was stationed in Ceylon. It carried out a number of long-range penetration for infiltration and intelligence gathering operations in occupied Sumatra. The corps was disbanded between November 1945 and early March 1946.