Korps Speciale Troepen (KST) was a Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) special forces unit who was involved in the Indonesian National Revolution. formed in 1948 from the DST (1945-1948) and raised together with the Royal Netherlands East Indies army in 1950. It consisted about 570 men. Later the 1st Parachute Company (strength about 250 men) integrated into the Corps. Both units were established shortly after the end of World War II for deployment against the Indonesian nationalists. They had a precursor in the Corps Insulinde that during WWII conducted secret missions against the Japanese in the occupied Dutch East Indies. The KST, that would become a maximum strength of 1250 men, was composed of Dutch War Volunteers (OVW'ers), and Indo-European and native soldiers, including Moluc