Dutch East Indies campaign

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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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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

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Gull Force theatre Dutch East Indies campaign
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies campaign
Siege of Laha Airfield relatedEvent Dutch East Indies campaign
this entity surface form: Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies
Siege of Laha Airfield relatedEvent Dutch East Indies campaign
this entity surface form: Battle of the Dutch East Indies
Laha massacre partOf Dutch East Indies campaign
this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
Japanese occupation of Ambon Island partOf Dutch East Indies campaign
this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
Japanese landings in the Moluccas partOf Dutch East Indies campaign
this entity surface form: Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies
Japanese landings in the Moluccas relatedOperation Dutch East Indies campaign
this entity surface form: Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies