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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
Australian troops advancing towards Brunei
Australian troops advancing towards Brunei
US Navy Landing Craft Infantry crowded with Australian soldiers prior to the landing at Labuan
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 infantrymen passing a Matilda tank in the interior of Tarakan
Australian soldiers disembarking from a US Navy LST at Labuan on 10 June 1945
Australian soldiers disembarking from a US Navy LST at Labuan on 10 June 1945
Battle of Tarakan (1945)
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The Battle of Tarakan was an engagement fought between Allied and Japanese forces on the island of Tarakan off Borneo during May and June 1945. It formed the first stage in the World War II Borneo cam
Borneo campaign
…necessary to conduct the operation. The campaign was initially planned to involve six stages, but eventually landings were undertaken at four locations: Tarakan, Labuan, North Borneo and Balikpapan. Guerrilla operations were also carried out by Dayak tribesmen and small numbers of Allied personnel in the interior…
Australian infantry advancing through wrecked oil storage tanks at Tank Hill, Tarakan
Australian infantry advancing through wrecked oil storage tanks at Tank Hill, Tarakan
Rear-Admiral Forrest B. Royal, Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead and Air Vice-Marshal William Bostock during discussions of the planned landing a
Rear-Admiral Forrest B. Royal, Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead and Air Vice-Marshal William Bostock during discussions of the planned landing at Tarakan on 12 April 1945
Allied intelligence estimates of Japanese defences as of April 1945 and code names for locations in southern Tarakan
Allied intelligence estimates of Japanese defences as of April 1945 and code names for locations in southern Tarakan
Soldiers from the 2/48th Battalion watch part of the convoy taking them to Tarakan
Soldiers from the 2/48th Battalion watch part of the convoy taking them to Tarakan