Lesser Sunda Islands campaign

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The Lesser Sunda Islands campaign was a World War II series of operations in the East Indies where Allied and Japanese forces fought for control of key islands including Timor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign
military campaign
appliesToPart Bali NERFINISHED
Flores NERFINISHED
Lombok NERFINISHED
Sumba NERFINISHED
Sumbawa NERFINISHED
Timor NERFINISHED
belligerent Allies of World War II NERFINISHED
Australia NERFINISHED
Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Netherlands NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Japan NERFINISHED
describedBySource military histories of the Pacific War
hasPart Battle of Timor (1942–1943) NERFINISHED
Japanese invasion of Timor
operations around Bali
operations around Flores
operations around Sumba
operations around Sumbawa
location Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED
East Indies NERFINISHED
Lesser Sunda Islands NERFINISHED
notableFor Allied commando and guerrilla operations on Timor
Japanese efforts to secure approaches to Australia
objective control of Timor
control of sea lanes between Java and Australia
denial of airfields to the enemy
opponent Australian Army NERFINISHED
Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army NERFINISHED
partOf Pacific War
South West Pacific theatre of World War II NERFINISHED
result Japanese tactical success in early 1942
prolonged Allied resistance on Timor
startTime 1942
theatre South West Pacific Area NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1942–1943

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Battle of Timor (1942) theatre Lesser Sunda Islands campaign