Tarakan operation

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World War II battle military operation

The Tarakan operation was a World War II amphibious assault by Allied forces to capture the oil-rich island of Tarakan from Japanese control as part of the Borneo campaign.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Tarakan (1945)	3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Tarakan (1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign	Borneo campaign (1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualtiesAlliedKilled	over 200 ⓘ
casualtiesJapaneseCaptured	over 250 ⓘ
casualtiesJapaneseKilled	over 1,500 ⓘ
combatantAllied	Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Netherlands East Indies forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatantAxis	Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Brigadier David Whitehead NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant General Leslie Morshead NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanderOpposing	Colonel Tadaiichi Nara NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
endDate	1945-06-21 ⓘ
feature	amphibious landing ⓘ close air support ⓘ jungle warfare ⓘ naval bombardment ⓘ
followedBy	Balikpapan operation NERFINISHED ⓘ Brunei Bay operation ⓘ
forceStrengthAllied	approximately 12,000 personnel ⓘ
forceStrengthJapanese	approximately 2,000–2,500 personnel ⓘ
involvedUnit	2/23rd Battalion (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ 2/24th Battalion (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ 2/48th Battalion (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ 26th Australian Infantry Brigade NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Australian Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Borneo NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ Tarakan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableOutcome	airfield rendered operational after extensive repairs ⓘ oil installations heavily damaged ⓘ
objective	capture Tarakan Island ⓘ obtain airfield sites for operations in Borneo ⓘ secure oilfields on Tarakan ⓘ
partOf	Borneo campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	planning by I Australian Corps ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	1945-05-01 ⓘ
strategicImportance	airfield for operations in Borneo ⓘ oil production ⓘ
theatre	South West Pacific theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Australian I Corps → notableOperation → Tarakan operation ⓘ

Tarakan → siteOf → Tarakan operation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Tarakan (1945)

Battle of Balikpapan (1945) → precededBy → Tarakan operation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Tarakan (1945)

26th Brigade → notableEngagement → Tarakan operation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Tarakan (1945)