Siege of Laha Airfield

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The Siege of Laha Airfield was a brutal World War II engagement on Ambon Island in early 1942, marked by fierce fighting between Japanese and Allied forces and followed by notorious massacres of captured Australian and Dutch troops.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military siege ⓘ
aftermath execution of Allied prisoners at Laha ⓘ
airSupport Japanese naval aviation ⓘ
attackingForce Japanese 228th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
Japanese naval landing forces ⓘ
belligerent Australian Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
casualtiesDescription heavy Allied casualties ⓘ
significant Japanese casualties ⓘ
combatType infantry assault ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
commanderAttacking Colonel Kyoji Teshima ⓘ
commanderDefending Lieutenant Colonel John Scott ⓘ
commemoratedBy Australian war memorial accounts of the Battle of Ambon ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan

Netherlands ⓘ
defendingForce Gull Force ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army garrison ⓘ
endTime 1942-02-02 ⓘ
followedBy Laha massacre ⓘ
groundType airfield defenses ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 1942 Pacific campaigns ⓘ
location Ambon Island ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Laha Airfield ⓘ
present-day Indonesia ⓘ
notableFor fierce close-quarters fighting ⓘ
massacres of prisoners of war ⓘ
objective capture of Laha Airfield ⓘ
partOf Battle of Ambon ⓘ
perpetratorOfMassacre Imperial Japanese Navy personnel ⓘ
precededBy Japanese landings on Ambon ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
result Japanese victory ⓘ
startTime 1942-01-30 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of air operations around Ambon ⓘ
support for Japanese advance in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
theatre Pacific War ⓘ
South West Pacific theatre ⓘ
victimGroup Australian prisoners of war ⓘ
Dutch prisoners of war ⓘ
warCrimeClassification mass execution of prisoners of war ⓘ

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Battle of Ambon → hasPart → Siege of Laha Airfield ⓘ