The Borneo campaign or Second Battle of Borneo was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II to liberate Japanese-held...
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The Battle of Borneo was a successful campaign by Japanese Imperial forces for control of Borneo island and concentrated mainly on the subjugation of the...
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Australia in World War II (section Borneo campaign)
Aitape-Wewak campaign cost Australia 442 lives while about 9,000 Japanese died and another 269 were taken prisoner. The Borneo campaign of 1945 was the...
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Leslie Morshead (section Borneo campaign)
II Corps, which he led during the New Guinea campaign. In 1945, he commanded I Corps in the Borneo campaign. Morshead was born on 18 September 1889 in Ballarat...
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He received the award as member of the 2/43rd Battalion, during the Borneo campaign of the Second World War. Leslie Thomas "Tom" Starcevich was born on...
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Battle of North Borneo took place during the Second World War between Allied and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Borneo campaign of the Pacific War...
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Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation (redirect from Borneo confrontation)
The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation (known as Konfrontasi in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) was an armed conflict from 1963...
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2/31st Battalion (Australia) (section Borneo 1945)
throughout 1942, 1943 and early 1944. Their last campaign came in mid-1945 when they landed on Borneo. After the war the battalion was disbanded in March...
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North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island...
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protect, and establish units of the 26th Australian Brigade on Sauau, Borneo, N.E.I. Major landings on Tarakan Island followed a day later; enemy opposition...
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commanders on Borneo This is the complete order of battle of Allied and Japanese forces during the Borneo campaign of 1945. As the campaign was fought in...
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warfare in the Borneo Campaign in preparation for the arrival of the main Allied liberation missions. Following landings in North Borneo and Labuan on...
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committed to the Aitape-Wewak campaign despite MacArthur's efforts. He employed the 7th and 9th Divisions in the Borneo Campaign (1945). A planned invasion...
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Balikpapan, Borneo, making him the military governor of Dutch Borneo. Kamada's forces were subsequently involved in the Borneo Campaign of 1945. He was...
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Edward Milford (section Borneo campaign)
Divisions during the New Guinea and Borneo campaigns. He accepted the surrender of Japanese forces in Dutch Borneo on 8 September 1945. He retired from...
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Islands campaign 1945-02-16 – 1945-03-26 Battle of Iwo Jima 1945-04-01 – 1945-06-21 Battle of Okinawa 1945-04-07 Operation Ten-Go Borneo campaign 1945-05-01...
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and reorganisation. In 1945, the 25th Brigade was committed to the Borneo campaign, carrying out an amphibious landing at Balikpapan in July 1945 before...
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During 1944–45, some small units saw action in the New Guinea campaign and Borneo campaign. Just south of Casino, New South Wales, a camp was established...
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re-organisation of Australia's military forces, the unit participated in the Borneo campaign in 1945 but played only a limited role before hostilities ended. Following...
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Thirty-Seventh Army (Japan) (redirect from Borneo Defense Army)
resistance to landings by Australian troops in the Borneo campaign of 1945, notably during the Battle of North Borneo. The Japanese 37th Army was demobilised at...
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facilities were further expanded in 1945 to support the Australian-led Borneo Campaign, and Morotai remained an important logistical hub and command center...
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attached to the Australian 7th Division, when it participated in the Borneo campaign as part of the "Oboe" operations. The squadron landed on Green Beach...
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9th Division (Australia) (section Borneo)
Australia. In 1943–1944, it served in the New Guinea campaign and, during 1945, in the Borneo campaign. It was disbanded, following the end of the war, in...
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Maguindanao, January–September 1945 Borneo campaign, 1945 Battle of Tarakan, May–June 1945 Battle of North Borneo, June–August 1945 Battle of Balikpapan...
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Aitape–Wewak campaign cost 442 Australian lives while about 9,000 Japanese died and another 269 were taken prisoner. The Borneo campaign of 1945 was the...
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Japanese occupation of Malaya (redirect from Japanese Occupation of Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak)
followed the war. Battle of Malaya Battle of Borneo (1941–42) Borneo campaign (1945) Battle of North Borneo Japanese invasion of Malaya Japanese occupation...
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Imperial Japanese Army, commanding the Japanese ground forces of the Borneo Campaign of 1945 in the closing months of the war. Baba was born in Kumamoto...
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Philippines Campaign (1944–45) Operation Victor III – 28 February 1945 Operation Victor IV – 10 March 1945 Operation Victor V – 17 April 1945 Borneo campaign (1945)...
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Battle of Tarakan (1945) (category Borneo campaign)
The Battle of Tarakan was the first stage in the Borneo campaign of 1945. It began with an amphibious landing by Allied forces on 1 May, code-named Operation...
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forces in the Borneo Campaign. Its units were greatly under-strength at this time due to the casualties suffered while moving across Borneo, and the elements...
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