Battle of Balikpapan (1942)

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amphibious operation battle naval battle

The Battle of Balikpapan (1942) was a World War II naval and amphibious engagement in which Japanese forces seized the vital oil port of Balikpapan in Borneo from Allied defenders during their advance through the Dutch East Indies.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Balikpapan (1942) canonical	2
Battle of Balikpapan	1
Battle of Balikpapan (Dutch East Indies campaign)	1
Invasion of Borneo (1941–1942)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amphibious operation ⓘ battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Balikpapan (1942) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Balikpapan (Dutch East Indies campaign)
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
campaign	Battle of Balikpapan (1942) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Invasion of Borneo (1941–1942)
chronology	early 1942 Japanese advance through the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
combatType	amphibious landing ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
conflictSide	Allied forces ⓘ surface form: Allied powers Axis powers ⓘ
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Netherlands ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1942-01-23 ⓘ 1942-01-24 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ surface form: Battle of Makassar Strait
geographicalContext	eastern coast of Borneo ⓘ
hasEndTime	1942-01-24 ⓘ
hasFeature	night-time destroyer attack by US Navy ⓘ scuttling and demolition of oil facilities by Dutch defenders ⓘ
hasStartTime	1942-01-23 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1940s ⓘ
involves	Allied naval attack on Japanese transports ⓘ Japanese amphibious invasion convoy ⓘ
location	Balikpapan ⓘ Borneo ⓘ Dutch East Indies ⓘ
objective	capture of Balikpapan oil port ⓘ seizure of oil installations in Borneo ⓘ
outcome	Japanese occupation of Balikpapan ⓘ capture of Balikpapan oil refineries by Japan ⓘ
partOf	Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ surface form: Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy	Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of Tarakan
primaryTarget	Balikpapan oil port infrastructure ⓘ
result	Japanese victory ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of oil supplies for Japanese war effort ⓘ major oil production center ⓘ
theatre	Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch East Indies campaign → involvedBattle → Battle of Balikpapan (1942) ⓘ

Battle of Balikpapan (1942) → campaign → Battle of Balikpapan (1942) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Borneo (1941–1942)

Battle of Balikpapan (1942) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Balikpapan (1942) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Balikpapan (Dutch East Indies campaign)

USS Pope → battle → Battle of Balikpapan (1942) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Balikpapan

ABDA → notableBattle → Battle of Balikpapan (1942) ⓘ

subject surface form: ABDA Command