Battle of Timor
The Battle of Timor occurred in Portuguese Timor and Dutch Timor during the Second World War. Japanese forces invaded the island on 20 February 1942 and were resisted by a small, under-equipped force of Allied military personnel—known as Sparrow Force—predominantly from Australia, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands East Indies. Following a brief but stout resistance, the Japanese succeeded in forcing the surrender of the bulk of the Allied force after three days of fighting, although several hundred Australian commandos continued to wage an unconventional raiding campaign. They were resupplied by aircraft and vessels, based mostly in Darwin, Australia, about 650 km (400 mi) to the southeast, across the Timor Sea. During the subsequent fighting, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, but
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Battle of Timor
The Battle of Timor occurred in Portuguese Timor and Dutch Timor during the Second World War. Japanese forces invaded the island on 20 February 1942 and were resisted by a small, under-equipped force of Allied military personnel—known as Sparrow Force—predominantly from Australia, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands East Indies. Following a brief but stout resistance, the Japanese succeeded in forcing the surrender of the bulk of the Allied force after three days of fighting, although several hundred Australian commandos continued to wage an unconventional raiding campaign. They were resupplied by aircraft and vessels, based mostly in Darwin, Australia, about 650 km (400 mi) to the southeast, across the Timor Sea. During the subsequent fighting, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, but
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A Batalha de Timor ocorreu na ...... até ao fim da guerra em 1945.
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Bitwa o Timor – starcie milita ...... aż do końca wojny w 1945 roku.
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De Slag om Timor (1942-1943) v ...... e soldaten werden geëvacueerd.
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L'invasion du Timor, qui dura ...... de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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La batalla de Timor tuvo lugar ...... el final de la guerra en 1945.
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La battaglia di Timor si svols ...... a a termine nel febbraio 1943.
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Pertempuran Timor (1942–43) ad ...... indungan, dan bantuan lainnya.
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The Battle of Timor occurred i ...... il the end of the war in 1945.
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Тиморская операция (19 февраля ...... сь до конца войны в 1945 году.
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Тиморська операція (19 лютого ...... до 70 тисяч місцевих жителів.
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causalties
151 dead (Sparrow Force)
5 dead(The Sparrows)
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Netherlands:
United Kingdom:
~ 300 dead
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Netherlands
Timorese and Javanese volunteers (Black Columns)
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1942-02-19
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Japanese victory
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(peak February 1942)
(peak October 1942)
~ 1,000 commandos
~ 12,000 (peak late 1942)
~ 2,050 strong garrison
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~ 300 dead
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~ 4,000 dead
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Netherlands
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Timorese and Javanese volunteers
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Alexander Spence
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Bernard Callinan
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Nico van Straten Dom Aleixo
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Sadashichi Doi
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William Leggatt
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William Veale
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Yuitsu Tsuchihashi
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Battle of Timor
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the Dutch East Indies campaign
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Dutch Timor and Portuguese Timor
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Japanese victory
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~ 1,000 commandos
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~ 12,000
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~ 2,050 strong garrison
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A Batalha de Timor ocorreu na ...... dos a 10 de fevereiro de 1943.
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Bitwa o Timor – starcie milita ...... aty, ale ostatecznie udało im
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L'invasion du Timor, qui dura ...... de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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La batalla de Timor tuvo lugar ...... a lucha librada por los austra
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Pertempuran Timor (1942–43) ad ...... indungan, dan bantuan lainnya.
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Тиморская операция (19 февраля ...... с целью захвата острова Тимор.
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Тиморська операція (19 лютого ...... етою захоплення острова Тимор.
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Batalha de Timor
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Batalla de Timor
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Battaglia di Timor
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Battle of Timor
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Bitwa o Timor
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Invasion du Timor (Seconde Guerre mondiale)
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Pertempuran Timor
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Schlacht um Timor
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Slag om Timor
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Тиморская операция
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