Operation Prawn was a

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

operation by the

Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service Netherlands East Indies Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS) was a Dutch World War II-era intelligence and special operations unit operating mainly in the Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia). Soon after the evacuation from th ...

in April 1944. On 20–22 April 1944 the submarine K XV lands the NEFIS shore party 'Prawn' (seven men) at the coast of Sorong, New Guinea.

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