Battle of Balikpapan (1945)
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The Battle of Balikpapan was the concluding stage of Operation Oboe, the campaign to liberate Japanese-held British and Dutch Borneo. The landings took place on 1 July 1945. The Australian 7th Divisio
American manned Alligators during the landing of Australian troops at Balikpapan, Borneo
Japanese forces in Borneo
RAAF Liberator bombers over Balikpapan, June 1945. Oil facilities they have bombed are burning beneath them.
Members of the Australian 2/12th Infantry Battalion, advancing past oil fires at Balikpapan
Borneo campaign
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The Borneo campaign or Second Battle of Borneo was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II to liberate Japanese-held British Borneo and Dutch Borneo. Designat
Battle of Balikpapan (1945)
…The Battle of Balikpapan was the concluding stage of Operation Oboe, the campaign to liberate Japanese-held British and Dutch Borneo. The landings took place on 1 July 1945. The Australian 7th Division, composed of the…
Australian troops advancing towards Brunei
US Navy Landing Craft Infantry crowded with Australian soldiers prior to the landing at Labuan
Australian infantrymen passing a Matilda tank in the interior of Tarakan
Australian soldiers disembarking from a US Navy LST at Labuan on 10 June 1945