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On 18 January, using small fishing boats, the Japanese landed at Sandakan, the seat of government of British North Borneo. On the morning of 19 January Governor Charles Robert Smith surrendered British North Borneo and was interned with his staff. The occupation of British Borneo was thus completed.
The Japanese main unit for this mission was the 35th Infantry Brigade led by Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi. [1] The invasion of Borneo was part of a large Japanese invasion in the Pacific, which starting on December 7, 1941 attacked or invaded the United States, Great Britain, and Thailand, including territories in Burma, Malaya, and the ...
A map showing the progress of the Borneo campaign. The plans for the Allied attacks were known collectively as Operation Oboe. [13] The invasion of Borneo was the second stage of Operation Montclair, [1] which was aimed at destroying Imperial Japanese forces in, and re-occupying the NEI, Raj of Sarawak, Brunei, the colonies of Labuan and British North Borneo, and the southern Philippines. [14]
Japanese occupation of Malaya / Borneo. 1941–1945: ... British Borneo comprised the four northern parts of the island of ... Japanese forces numbered about 31,000 ...
North Borneo had been occupied by troops from the Imperial Japanese Army since early 1942 following the Japanese invasion of Borneo; prior to this the area had been a British territorial possession. [2] [3] Following its occupation, the area's oil resources had been exploited for the Japanese war effort.
British Malaya / Borneo: 1874–1946: Jementah Civil War: 1879: North Borneo: ... and 100 Squadrons unsuccessfully attacked the Japanese invasion fleet at Endau on 26 ...
The camp, known from its inception as Batu Lintang, was near completion for occupation by May 1941. [6] The Japanese first invaded the island of Borneo in mid December 1941, landing on the west coast near Miri; [7] invasion was completed by 23 January 1942 when they landed at Balikpapan on the east coast. [8]
As French Indochina, Japanese occupation of Cambodia: Laos: Raosu (ラオス) September 1940 – August 1945 1,400,000: As French Indochina, Japanese occupation of Laos: Thailand: Tai (タイ) December 8, 1941 – August 15, 1945: 16,216,000: Independent state but allied with Japan Malaysia: Maraya (マラヤ), Kita Boruneo (北ボルネオ ...