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The Balikpapan Massacre involved the killing of 78 unarmed Dutch civilians and prisoners of war by the Japanese 56th Division near the seaport city of Balikpapan on 24 February 1942.

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Balikpapan massacre

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The Balikpapan Massacre involved the killing of 78 unarmed Dutch civilians and prisoners of war by the Japanese 56th Division near the seaport city of...

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Balikpapan

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Balikpapan is a seaport city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Located on the east coast of the island of Borneo, the city is the financial center of Kalimantan...

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Indies there were both massacres and executions of POWs: Bangka Island massacre Balikpapan massacre Laha massacre Rawagede massacre Pontianak incidents Sandakan...

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list of massacres that have occurred in Indonesia. List of disasters in Indonesia List of terrorist incidents in Indonesia List of massacres in East Timor...

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Borneo campaign

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History. OCLC 1020898977. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help) "Massacre at Balikpapan". Advocate. Burnie, Tasmania. 7 December 1946. p. 1 – via Trove...

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Pontianak

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most populous city on the island of Borneo (Kalimantan) after Samarinda, Balikpapan and (Malaysia's) Kuching; it is now slightly ahead of Banjarmasin. It...

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List of maritime disasters in World War II

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Minazuki – On 6 June, after departing Tawi-tawi with a tanker convoy to Balikpapan on Borneo, the Japanese destroyer Minazuki was torpedoed and sunk by the...

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July 1945

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1945: The Battle of Balikpapan began when Australian and Dutch troops made an amphibious landing a few miles north of Balikpapan, Borneo. The Inner German...

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South West Pacific theatre of World War II

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Tarakan, May–June 1945 Battle of North Borneo, June–August 1945 Battle of Balikpapan, July 1945 Cressman 2000, p. 84. Milner 1957, p. 22. Dull 1978, p. 61...

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List of World War II battles

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March 1942 Battle of Borneo (1941–42) Battle of Tarakan (1942) Battle of Balikpapan (1942) Battle of Manado (1942) Battle of Ambon (1942) Battle of Makassar...

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Papua New Guinea

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Element consists of four Pacific-class patrol boats, three ex-Australian Balikpapan-class landing craft, and one Guardian-class patrol boat. One of the landing...

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End of World War II in Asia

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2015-09-02. Retrieved 2021-11-06. "BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-09-10. SURRENDER OF ALL JAPANESE FORCES IN THE BALIKPAPAN AREA, AT THE ..." www.awm.gov.au....

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Battle of the Java Sea

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attacked a Japanese invasion convoy in Makassar Strait as it approached Balikpapan in Borneo. On 13 February the Japanese captured the major port of Palembang...

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Wiluyo Puspoyudo

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instructed his children to "get a job outside the armed forces". A monument in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, which was named after him, was opened in 1992 by Governor...

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East Timor independence

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Newcastle, and Melbourne; the landing ship Tobruk, the landing craft Balikpapan, Brunei, Labuan, Tarakan, and Betano; the fast transport Jervis Bay; and...

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Pacific War

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east coast, with the last major amphibious assault of World War II, at Balikpapan on 1 July. Although the campaign was criticized in Australia as a "waste"...

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Battle of Samarinda

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Dutch East Indies near Samarinda. After capturing the oil refineries at Balikpapan, Japanese forces advanced north to capture the strategic oil drilling...

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April 1945

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Privateers of the U.S. Navy launched two of them at Japanese vessels in Balikpapan Harbor in Borneo. The 101 arrestees in the Freeman Field Mutiny were released...

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Borneo

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was the discovery of the Sanga Sanga Oil Field, a refinery was built in Balikpapan, and discovery of the Samboja Oil Field followed in 1909. In 1901, the...

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Persecution of Muslims

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rectory of the All Saints Church) in Kota Kinabalu as well as ones in Balikpapan and Beaufort. Japanese soldiers raped Indonesian women and Dutch women...

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March 1945

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Forest massacre begins. Australian forces carried out Operation Platypus, in which troops from Z Special Unit were inserted into the Balikpapan area of...

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Netherlands Indies Civil Administration

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Islands), in the Moluccas (on Morotai), and in Borneo (on Tarakan and at Balikpapan). US support and supplies to the NICA virtually ended when it became clear...

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Tadashige Daigo

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(although from 8 November 1943 the 22nd Special Guard Division based at Balikpapan, Borneo fell nominally under his command), his connection (if any) with...

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