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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lesser Sunda Islands campaign canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| 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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