Dutch East Indies campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Dutch East Indies campaign was a World War II Japanese military offensive that rapidly overran the resource-rich Dutch colonial territories in Southeast Asia, securing vital oil supplies and strategic bases in early 1942.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies	5
Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies	3
Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies	3
Invasion of the Dutch East Indies	2
Allied defense of the Netherlands East Indies	1
Dutch East Indies Campaign	1
Invasion of Dutch East Indies	1
Japanese invasion of Bali	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies
belligerent	ABDA Command ⓘ Australia ⓘ British India ⓘ Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
capturedBy	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
commander	Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich ⓘ surface form: Conrad Helfrich Hitoshi Imamura ⓘ Kenzaburo Hara ⓘ Nobutake Kondō ⓘ Takeo Takagi ⓘ Lord Wavell ⓘ surface form: Wavell
commandStructure	Allied ABDA Command ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Dutch East Indies ⓘ surface form: Netherlands East Indies
endDate	1942-03-09 ⓘ
involvedBattle	Battle of Ambon ⓘ Battle of Balikpapan (1942) ⓘ Battle of Palembang ⓘ Battle of Timor (1942) ⓘ Battle of the Badung Strait ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Java Sea (air operations) Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Java Sea (second phase) Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ Battle of the Sunda Strait ⓘ
location	Dutch East Indies ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
notableFor	destruction of ABDA naval forces ⓘ fall of Java ⓘ rapid Japanese advance ⓘ seizure of vital oil fields at Tarakan and Balikpapan ⓘ
objective	capture of oil resources ⓘ neutralization of Allied naval power in the region ⓘ seizure of strategic bases ⓘ
opponent	Allied forces ⓘ
partOf	South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia Pacific War ⓘ
predecessor	Battle of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Malayan campaign Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ
result	Japanese victory ⓘ
startDate	1941-12-08 ⓘ
successor	Burma campaign ⓘ surface form: Burma campaign (1942)
territorialChange	Dutch East Indies campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
theatre	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II South West Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II

Referenced by (26)

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

Pemuda (Indonesian youth groups) → activeInPeriod → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

subject surface form: Pemuda

this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies

Dutch East Indies campaign → alsoKnownAs → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies

Battle of the Badung Strait → campaign → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

Battle of the Java Sea → campaign → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies

Battle of the Makassar Strait → campaign → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → conflict → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Dutch East Indies

Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies

Pacific War → hasPart → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

HMS Exeter → laterTheatreOfWar → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

South-East Asian theatre of World War II → majorCampaign → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch East Indies Campaign

Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces → notableEngagement → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of the Dutch East Indies

Battle of Ambon → partOf → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies

Battle of Palembang → partOf → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

Battle of the Badung Strait → partOf → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

Battle of the Java Sea → partOf → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

Battle of the Makassar Strait → partOf → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

Hisaichi Terauchi → participatedIn → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies

IJN cruiser Naka → participatedIn → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō → participatedIn → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of the Dutch East Indies

Battle of the Badung Strait → precededBy → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese invasion of Bali

Battle of the Makassar Strait → precededBy → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies

Indonesian National Revolution → precededBy → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies

Indonesian declaration of independence → precededBy → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies

Battle of Palembang → relatedTo → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied defense of the Netherlands East Indies

Dutch East Indies campaign → territorialChange → Dutch East Indies campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies

ABDA Command → theater → Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ