Battle of Labuan

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Labuan was a World War II amphibious assault in June 1945 in which Australian forces captured the strategically important island of Labuan from Japanese control during the final stages of the Pacific War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Labuan canonical	2
Battle of Brunei Bay	1
Battle of North Borneo	1
Surrender Point Labuan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
aftermath	Japanese garrison largely destroyed ⓘ Borneo campaign (1945) ⓘ surface form: Labuan used as base for further Borneo operations
attackingForce	Australian Army ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
casualtiesSide	Australian casualties relatively light ⓘ heavy Japanese casualties ⓘ
civilianImpact	significant damage to Victoria town ⓘ
commander	George Wootten ⓘ
commanderSide	George Wootten – Australian forces ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Japan ⓘ
date	June 1945 ⓘ
defendingForce	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
endDate	1945-06-21 ⓘ
involvedUnit	2/11th Commando Squadron (Australia) ⓘ 2/12th Field Regiment (Australia) ⓘ 2/28th Battalion (Australia) ⓘ 2/32nd Battalion (Australia) ⓘ 2/43rd Battalion (Australia) ⓘ 24th Brigade ⓘ surface form: 24th Brigade (Australia) Australian 9th Division ⓘ surface form: 9th Australian Division
location	Labuan ⓘ British North Borneo ⓘ surface form: North Borneo present-day Malaysia ⓘ
objectiveAchieved	airstrip on Labuan restored for Allied use ⓘ
operationName	Operation Oboe ⓘ surface form: Operation Oboe Six
partOf	Borneo campaign (1945) ⓘ surface form: Borneo campaign Operation Oboe ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Labuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of North Borneo Borneo campaign (1945) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Tarakan (1945)
result	Allied victory ⓘ capture of Labuan by Australian forces ⓘ
startDate	1945-06-10 ⓘ
strategicImportance	base for operations in Borneo ⓘ control of Brunei Bay ⓘ
strategicObjective	capture of Labuan Island ⓘ establishment of airfields on Labuan ⓘ seizure of Victoria Harbour ⓘ
supportedBy	United States Army Air Forces aircraft ⓘ United States Navy ships ⓘ
theatre	Southwest Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: South West Pacific theatre
typeOfOperation	amphibious assault ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Borneo campaign (1945) → includes → Battle of Labuan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Brunei Bay

Battle of Labuan → relatedEvent → Battle of Labuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of North Borneo

Battle of Balikpapan (1945) → precededBy → Battle of Labuan ⓘ

Labuan Island → hasAttraction → Battle of Labuan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surrender Point Labuan