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Hein ter Poorten (21 November 1887 – 15 January 1968) was a Dutch military officer. He was the commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army in World War II. Ter Poorten was also Allied land forces commander in the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command on Java during early 1942.
Hein ter Poorten (Buitenzorg (Nederlands-Indië), 21 november 1887 - 's-Gravenhage, 15 januari 1968) was een Nederlandse luitenant-generaal van het KNIL tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Azië. Daarnaast was hij commandant van de landstrijdkrachten van het ABDACOM in 1941-1942 én initiator van het ML-KNIL .
To conquer Java, the Japanese planned three simultaneous operations intended to improve their tactical position: capturing of the island of Timor to the east to cut off the Allied fighter plane transfer link with Australia; conducting an air raid on the harbor and supply bases at Darwin, Australia, to preclude any immediate reinforcement from th...
Hein ter Poorten (21 de noviembre de 1887 - 15 de enero de 1968) fue un oficial militar holandés. Fue el comandante del Ejército Real de las Indias Orientales Holandesas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Lt-General Hein ter Poorten became overall commander of all army forces on Java after the breakdown of ABDA command, and he was also the one who negotiated about the surrender of the Allies on Java. He survived the rest of the war in various Japanese POW camps, returned after the war back to the Netherlands and died in 1968.
12 de nov. de 2013 · Poorten, Hein ter, luitenant-generaal, commandant van het leger in Nederlandsch-Indië (Buitenzorg (Ned.-I.) 21-11-1887 - 's-Gravenhage 15-1-1968). Zoon van Franciscus Hendricus ter Poorten, stuurman bij de Gouvernementsmarine en havenmeester in diverse plaatsen in Nederlandsch-Indië, en Clasina Ambrosina Kater.
Hein ter Poorten. Contributor: C. Peter Chen. Hein ter Poorten was born in western Java in the Dutch East Indies. In 1911, he became an artillery officer, and in the subsequent years immediately after he played a role in the founding of the air branch of the Dutch Army.
