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World War II Borneo Campaign

  • Preperations for Borneo invasion

    Allied Aircraft conducted raids across Borneo in preperation for the Australian Invasion.
  • Invasion begins

    Australian troops landed on Borneo
  • Fleet Minesweeper sunk

    The fleet minesweeper USS salute was sunk by a Japanese mine whilst covering landings at Brunei Bay
  • Last line of Japanese defense broken

    The last organised Japanese defense was broken by Australian Troops at Tarakan Island.
  • Sarawak captured

    Australian forces captured sarawak in Borneo
  • Borneo oil producing centre captured

    Australian and Dutch troops captured the great Borneo oil producing centre on Balik papan.
  • Oil fields captured

    Australian troops captured all oil fields at Balikpapan, the campaign ended on this day.

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