1942 WWII battle of the Dutch East Indies Campaign
Battle of Manado
Part of World War II, Pacific War, Dutch East Indies Campaign
Japanese paratroopers dropping over Langoan Airfield.
Date
11–12 January 1942 (Last guerrilla pocket captured 9 August 1942)
Location
Manado, Celebes Island
Result
Japanese victory
Belligerents
Netherlands
Japan
Commanders and leaders
B.F.A. Schilmöller (surrendered 23 March)
Raizō Tanaka Kunizō Mori Toyoaki Horiuchi
Strength
1,500 infantry
3,200 naval infantry[1] 507 paratroopers[2]
Casualties and losses
140 killed 48 captured
44 killed[3] 244 wounded[3][4]
The Battle of Manado took place as part of the Japanese offensive to capture the Dutch East Indies. It occurred at Manado (also spelled Menado) on the Minahasa Peninsula on the northern part of Celebes Island (modern day Sulawesi in Indonesia), from 11–12 January 1942. The battle was noted as the first time in Japanese history that the country had deployed paratroopers in a military operation.
The BattleofManado took place as part of the Japanese offensive to capture the Dutch East Indies. It occurred at Manado (also spelled Menado) on the...
Manado (Indonesian pronunciation: [maˈnado], Tombulu: Wenang) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi. It is the second largest...
first jumper during the drop on an airfield 60 km south ofManado, Indonesia, in the BattleofManado. He was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture on 27...
for their own warplanes and was comparable to the use of German Fallschirmjager at the Battleof Crete, in May 1941. The 2nd Yokosuka SNLF saw action not...
paratroopers were successfully used during the attack on Celebes and the BattleofManado. Aside from the paratroopers, there were also planned elite units to...
toward Manado. The BattleofManado began on 11 January 1942 as Japanese Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF) personnel landed at Kema and Manado in northern...
suffered damage to her seams and fuel tanks. 11 January – During the BattleofManado, an Aichi E13A (Allied reporting name "Jake") floatplane from the Imperial...
later in 2010. Gold mining in the Totok Minahasa Celebes gold mine BattleofManado North Sulawesi in Figures 2014. Badan Pusat Statistik Sulawesi Utara...
outbreak of cholera in 1885, causing hundreds of the inhabitants to move to Karakelang Island. In 1895, E. J. Jellesma, Oud-resident ofManado, visited...
headquarters to move to Manado in North Sulawesi. On 17 February 1958, Permesta joined forces with the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI...
TNI Gig Jonias Mozes Sambut Panglima TNI dan Kapolri di Bandara Manado". Tribun Manado (in Indonesian). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020. Oleh...
company, Maria Menado Productions. Menado is Minahasan and was born in Manado, Dutch East Indies (present Indonesia). Maria Menado was born Liesbet Dotulong...
part in the capture ofManado were assigned for this operation. Even though the operations in Tarakan and Manado were completed ahead of schedule, the Dutch...
up to 23,000 indigenous soldiers (mainly from Java, Ambon, and Manado). Even slaves of the Ashanti (Ivory Coast and Ghana) were recruited in limited numbers...
Produk Domestik Regional Bruto Kabupaten/kota di Sulawesi Utara 2019-2021. Manado: Badan Pusat Statistik. "IBGE - Agência de Notícias". IBGE - Agência de...
KRI Teluk Celukan Bawang KRI Teluk Cendrawasih KRI Teluk Sibolga KRI Teluk Manado KRI Teluk Hading KRI Teluk Parigi KRI Teluk Lampung KRI Teluk Sangkulirang...
colony. That sermon is attended by Max Havelaar, an ex-Assistant Resident ofManado and Lebak who resigned from this official charges and becomes unemployed...
major Philippine cities, and international flights to Doha, Hong Kong, Manado, Quanzhou, and Singapore. Its ATC Tower is the most advanced in the country...
Global Information
Netherlands
Japan
(surrendered 23 March)
Raizō Tanaka