Battle of Timor (1942)

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The Battle of Timor (1942) was a World War II campaign in which Allied forces, including Australian and Dutch troops, conducted a prolonged guerrilla resistance against Japanese occupation on the island of Timor.

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Battle of Timor (1942) canonical 1
Timor campaign (1942–1943) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Timor (1942)
surface form: Timor campaign (1942–1943)
belligerent Allied forces
Australia
Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
Dutch East Indies
surface form: Netherlands East Indies

Portuguese colonial authorities
casualties hundreds of Australian and Dutch troops killed or captured
significant Japanese casualties from guerrilla warfare
thousands of Timorese civilians killed
combatantStrength approximately 1,400 Allied troops at outset
several thousand Japanese troops
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Australia
Japan
Netherlands
Portugal
endDate 1943-02-10
followedBy Allied evacuation of remaining commandos in 1943
hasSignificance caused severe suffering and reprisals against Timorese civilians
demonstrated effectiveness of small-unit guerrilla operations against larger occupying forces
involvedMilitaryUnit 2/2nd Independent Company
2/40th Battalion (Australia)
Japanese 228th Infantry Regiment
Japanese 3rd Special Base Force
surface form: Japanese 3rd Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Force

Portuguese Timorese militia
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
Lark Force
surface form: Sparrow Force
location Dutch Timor
Timor-Leste
surface form: Portuguese Timor

Timor
notableCommander Colonel Sadashichi Doi
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt
Major Alexander Spence
Major Bernard Callinan
Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura
surface form: Rear Admiral Shōji Nishimura
partOf Pacific War
Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II
surface form: South West Pacific theatre of World War II
result Japanese occupation of Pacific islands
surface form: Japanese occupation of Timor

Japanese victory
prolonged Allied guerrilla campaign
startDate 1942-02-19
supportedBy Portuguese officials sympathetic to Allies
local Timorese population
tacticUsed guerrilla warfare
hit-and-run attacks
intelligence gathering behind enemy lines
theatre Lesser Sunda Islands campaign

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Dutch East Indies campaign involvedBattle Battle of Timor (1942)
Battle of Timor (1942) alsoKnownAs Battle of Timor (1942)
this entity surface form: Timor campaign (1942–1943)