Battle of Balikpapan (1942)
This article concerns the naval and land battles of Balikpapan in 1942. For information on the 1945 landings by Australian forces in the same area, see Second Battle of Balikpapan. The First Battle of Balikpapan took place on 23–24 January 1942, off the major oil producing town and port of Balikpapan, on Borneo, in the Netherlands East Indies. After capturing the destroyed oilfield at Tarakan from the Allies in the Battle of Tarakan, the Japanese force—the Sakaguchi Detachment (named for its commander, Major General Shizuo Sakaguchi)-moved on to Balikpapan with the hope that the oilfields there had not been destroyed.
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Battle of Balikpapan (1942)
This article concerns the naval and land battles of Balikpapan in 1942. For information on the 1945 landings by Australian forces in the same area, see Second Battle of Balikpapan. The First Battle of Balikpapan took place on 23–24 January 1942, off the major oil producing town and port of Balikpapan, on Borneo, in the Netherlands East Indies. After capturing the destroyed oilfield at Tarakan from the Allies in the Battle of Tarakan, the Japanese force—the Sakaguchi Detachment (named for its commander, Major General Shizuo Sakaguchi)-moved on to Balikpapan with the hope that the oilfields there had not been destroyed.
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Bitwa pod Balikpapan – bitwa m ...... enderskich Indiach Wschodnich.
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De Slag om Balikpapan vond tus ...... en daar niet vernietigd waren.
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La battaglia navale di Balikpa ...... a a suo tempo dalle Filippine.
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Сражение за Баликпапан (23—24 ...... антан в Голландской Ост-Индии.
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バリクパパン沖海戦(バリクパパンおきかいせん、Battle ...... あったが、日本軍のバリクパパン占領を防ぐことは出来なかった。
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1 destroyer lightly damaged
1 submarine heavily damaged
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1942-01-24
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Allied tactical naval victory
Japanese land victory
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1,100infantry
1,100sailors
12transports
1submarine
29aircraft
3patrol boats,
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5,500 infantry,
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Bitwa pod Balikpapan – bitwa m ...... Bitwa ta nie miała jednak wię
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De Slag om Balikpapan vond tus ...... en daar niet vernietigd waren.
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Die Seeschlacht vor Balikpapan ...... wurde jedoch nicht verzögert.
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La battaglia navale di Balikpa ...... a a suo tempo dalle Filippine.
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This article concerns the nava ...... there had not been destroyed.
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Сражение за Баликпапан (23—24 ...... антан в Голландской Ост-Индии.
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バリクパパン沖海戦(バリクパパンおきかいせん、Battle ...... あったが、日本軍のバリクパパン占領を防ぐことは出来なかった。
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Bataille de Balikpapan (1942)
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Battaglia di Balikpapan (1942)
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Battle of Balikpapan (1942)
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Bitwa pod Balikpapan (1942)
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Seeschlacht vor Balikpapan
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Slag om Balikpapan
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Сражение за Баликпапан (1942)
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バリクパパン沖海戦
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