Battle of Tarakan (1945)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Tarakan_(1945)

GPTKB entity

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	6