Police action
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In security studies and international relations, a police action is a military action undertaken without a formal declaration of war. In the 21st century, the term has been largely supplanted by "coun
Dutch troops during Operation Kraai, a 1948 police action of the Indonesian National Revolution.
The implementation of a "police action" that resulted in the Nigerian Civil War caused international protests in locations such as The Hague against the widespread war crimes suffered by civilians.
The Annexation of Hyderabad was a military operation launched in September 1948 that resulted in the annexation of the princely state of Hyderabad by India, which was dubbed a "police action".
Police action
…were referred to by the Dutch government as the first and second politionele acties. The 1948 action, by India, against Hyderabad State, code named Operation Polo, was referred to as a police action by the government. Initially during the Korean War (1950–1953), American President Harry S. Truman referred to…
The State of Hyderabad in 1909 (excluding Berar)
Portrait of a Rohilla warrior in service of the Hyderabad Nizam
Indian Army movements during the Operation Polo
The first page of Deccan Chronicle that was published on 18 September 1948