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Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich

Dutch admiral
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Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich (born Oct. 11, 1886, Java, Netherlands East Indies—died Sept. 20, 1962, The Hague) was a Dutch admiral who during World War II commanded the ABDA (American, British, Dutch, and Australian) naval fleet in its unsuccessful attempt to protect the Dutch East Indies from Japanese attack. Between 1942 and 1944 he headed the Dutch armed forces in the southwestern Pacific. A naval officer since 1907, Helfrich was chief of staff of the...

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