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Battle of Tarakan (1945)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Tarakan_(1945)
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties
Australian: 225 killed, 669 wounded
Japanese: 1,540 killed, 252 captured
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:David_Whitehead
gptkb:Masao_Kusunose
gptkb:Tameichi_Hara
gptkbp:conflict
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date
1 May 1945 – 25 June 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Battle of Tarakan (1945)
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Tarakan,_Borneo,_Dutch_East_Indies
gptkbp:notableUnit
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army
gptkb:2/23rd_Battalion_(Australia)
gptkb:2/48th_Battalion_(Australia)
gptkb:26th_Brigade_(Australia)
gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
gptkbp:objective
capture of Tarakan island and airfield
gptkbp:operator
gptkb:Operation_Oboe_One
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Borneo_campaign_(1945)
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Battle_of_Tarakan_(1942)
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Battle_of_Balikpapan_(1945)
gptkb:Battle_of_Labuan
gptkbp:result
Allied victory
gptkbp:significance
secured airfield for further Allied operations in Borneo
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Borneo_campaign
gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Borneo
gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_New_Guinea
gptkb:Southwest_Pacific_Area
gptkb:South_West_Pacific_Theater
gptkb:Tarakan
gptkb:South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II
gptkb:Australian_offensive_1944–45
gptkb:Battles_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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