Sumatra campaign (1944–1945)

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The Sumatra campaign (1944–1945) was a late-World War II Allied military operation in Southeast Asia aimed at weakening Japanese control and securing the strategically important island of Sumatra.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent British Indian Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
combatant Allied forces in Southeast Asia ⓘ
Japanese forces in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
goal to secure the strategically important island of Sumatra ⓘ
to weaken Japanese control of Sumatra ⓘ
hasPart air operations over Sumatra ⓘ
naval operations around Sumatra ⓘ
special operations on Sumatra ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1940s ⓘ
location Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
militaryObjective disruption of Japanese shipping near Sumatra ⓘ
support of resistance and intelligence operations on Sumatra ⓘ
opponent Allies of World War II ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ
relatedTo Burma campaign ⓘ
Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ
Malayan campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Malaya
result contribution to eventual Allied reoccupation of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
weakening of Japanese positions on Sumatra ⓘ
startTime 1944 ⓘ
strategicImportance oil resources of Sumatra ⓘ
proximity to Malacca Strait ⓘ
temporalContext late World War II ⓘ
theatre Burma–Malaya–Sumatra area of operations ⓘ
linked to: Burma campaign

Indian Ocean theatre of World War II ⓘ

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Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia → theatre → Sumatra campaign (1944–1945) ⓘ