Battle of Timor (1942)

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The Battle of Timor (1942) was a World War II campaign in which Allied forces, including Australian and Dutch troops, conducted a prolonged guerrilla resistance against Japanese occupation on the island of Timor.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Timor (1942) (The Battle of Timor (1942) was a World War II campaign in which Allied forces, including Australian and Dutch troops, conducted a prolonged guerrilla resistance against Japanese occupation on the island of Timor.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Timor campaign (1942–1943) ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Netherlands East Indies ⓘ
linked to: Dutch East Indies

Portuguese colonial authorities ⓘ
casualties hundreds of Australian and Dutch troops killed or captured ⓘ
significant Japanese casualties from guerrilla warfare ⓘ
thousands of Timorese civilians killed ⓘ
combatantStrength approximately 1,400 Allied troops at outset ⓘ
several thousand Japanese troops ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
endDate 1943-02-10 ⓘ
followedBy Allied evacuation of remaining commandos in 1943 ⓘ
hasSignificance caused severe suffering and reprisals against Timorese civilians ⓘ
demonstrated effectiveness of small-unit guerrilla operations against larger occupying forces ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit 2/2nd Independent Company ⓘ
2/40th Battalion (Australia) ⓘ
Japanese 228th Infantry Regiment ⓘ
Japanese 3rd Yokosuka Special Naval Landing Force ⓘ
Portuguese Timorese militia ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
Sparrow Force ⓘ
linked to: Lark Force
location Dutch Timor ⓘ
Portuguese Timor ⓘ
linked to: Timor-Leste

Timor ⓘ
notableCommander Colonel Sadashichi Doi ⓘ
Lieutenant Colonel William Leggatt ⓘ
Major Alexander Spence ⓘ
Major Bernard Callinan ⓘ
Rear Admiral Shōji Nishimura ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
South West Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ
result Japanese occupation of Timor ⓘ
Japanese victory ⓘ
prolonged Allied guerrilla campaign ⓘ
startDate 1942-02-19 ⓘ
supportedBy Portuguese officials sympathetic to Allies ⓘ
local Timorese population ⓘ
tacticUsed guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
intelligence gathering behind enemy lines ⓘ
theatre Lesser Sunda Islands campaign ⓘ

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Dutch East Indies campaign → involvedBattle → Battle of Timor (1942) ⓘ
Battle of Timor (1942) → alsoKnownAs → Timor campaign (1942–1943) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Timor (1942)
2/2nd Independent Company → campaign → Defence of Timor 1942 ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Timor (1942)
Portuguese Timorese militia → opposed → Japanese forces in Timor ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Timor (1942)