For the air attacks on Palembang in 1945, see Operation Outflank. For the 15th-century naval battle, see Battle of Palembang (1407).
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Battle of Palembang
Part of World War II, Pacific War
Japanese paratroopers landing at Palembang
Date
13–15 February 1942
Location
Palembang, southern part of Sumatra Island, Dutch East Indies
Result
Japanese victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Netherlands Australia New Zealand
Japan
Commanders and leaders
L.N.W. Vogelesang Karel Doorman Henry Hunter Stanley Vincent
Jisaburo Ozawa Yoshisaburô Tanaka Seiichi Kume
Units involved
ABDA Command
NL East Indies Army
ABDA naval force
No. 225 Bomber Group
No. 226 Fighter Group
Army Air Force
2nd Parachute Regiment
59th, 64th, 98th Sentai
Imperial Navy
229th Infantry Regiment
230th Infantry Regiment
Strength
2,000 infantry 50 aircraft
3,000 amphibious force 350 paratroopers 3 squadrons transports 1 bomber group 2 fighter groups
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t
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Dutch East Indies campaign
1941
1st Borneo
1942
Tarakan
Manado
Balikpapan
Kendari
Samarinda
Banjarmasin
Ambon
Makassar Strait
Sumatra
Palembang
Badung Strait
Timor
USS Langley
1st Java Sea
Sunda Strait
Java
Kalijati
Leuwiliang
Tjiater Pass
2nd Java Sea
v
t
e
Japanese offensives, 1940–1942
1940
Manchukuo
Chongqing
South Guangxi
West Suiyuan
Wuyuan
Zaoyang–Yichang
French Indochina
Kaimingjie
Central Hubei
North China
1941
Panjiayu
South Henan
Western Hubei
Shanggao
South Shanxi
2nd Changsha
Malaya
Pearl Harbor
Thailand
Hong Kong
Philippines
Guam
Wake
Sand Island
Niihau
Gilbert Islands
Indian Ocean
Borneo
Dutch East Indies
3rd Changsha
1942
Timor
Burma
New Guinea
Qantas Short Empire shootdown
Singapore
Darwin
Ellwood
Broome
KNILM Douglas DC-3 shootdown
Operation K
Andaman and Nicobar
Christmas Island
Ceylon
Solomons
Tulagi
Coral Sea
Nauru and Ocean Islands
Zhejiang-Jiangxi
Madagascar
Aleutian Islands
Midway
Sydney
Newcastle
Fort Stevens
Dureenbee
Mount Emily
The Battle of Palembang was a battle of the Pacific theatre of World War II. It occurred near Palembang, on Sumatra, on 13–15 February 1942. The Royal Dutch Shell oil refineries at nearby Plaju (then Pladjoe) were the major objectives for the Empire of Japan in the Pacific War, because of an oil embargo imposed on Japan by the United States, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom after the Japanese invaded China. With the area's abundant fuel supply and airfield, Palembang offered significant potential as a military base to both the Allies and the Japanese.
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