Borneo campaign (1945)

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World War II campaign amphibious operation military campaign

The Borneo campaign (1945) was a series of World War II Allied amphibious operations by primarily Australian forces to liberate Borneo from Japanese occupation in the final months of the Pacific War.

Aliases (2)

Borneo campaign ×3
Battle of Tarakan (1945) ×1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign → amphibious operation → military campaign →
belligerentSide	Allies of World War II → Empire of Japan →
combatant	Australia → Japan → Netherlands → United Kingdom → United States →
commandedBy	Douglas MacArthur → Leslie Morshead → Thomas Blamey →
endTime	1945-08 →
followedBy	Japanese surrender →
historicalPeriod	final months of the Pacific War →
includes	Battle of Balikpapan (1945) → Battle of Brunei Bay → Battle of Labuan → Battle of Tarakan (1945) → Oboe One → Oboe Six → Oboe Two →
location	Balikpapan → Banjarmasin → Borneo → British Borneo → Brunei → Dutch Borneo → Kuching → Labuan → North Borneo → Sandakan → Sarawak → Tarakan →
mainForce	Australian Army → Royal Australian Air Force → Royal Australian Navy →
notableUnit	7th Australian Division → 9th Australian Division → Australian I Corps → Royal Australian Naval Task Force 74 →
objective	control of airfields and ports → liberation of Borneo from Japanese occupation → seizure of oilfields and refineries →
operation	Operation Oboe →
opponent	Japanese Seventeenth Army → Japanese naval garrison forces →
partOf	Pacific War → Second World War →
precededBy	Philippines campaign (1944–1945) →
result	Allied victory →
startTime	1945-05 →
supportedBy	United States Army Air Forces → United States Navy →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Allied Land Forces ("Borneo campaign") →	areaOfResponsibility
Australian 9th Division ("Borneo campaign") →	engagement
South West Pacific Area →	hasPart
Borneo campaign (1945) ("Battle of Tarakan (1945)") →	includes
Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area ("Borneo campaign") →	notableCampaign
Thomas Blamey →	participatedIn