✦ History

Borneo campaign

May 1 โ€“ August 15, 1945 · Borneo

Result Allied victory

Australian forces, supported by the US, landed at several points in Japanese-held Borneo. The campaign took oil fields and ports and lasted until Japan surrendered.

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Allies of World War II

Empire of Japan

Australia
United States
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Douglas MacArthur military commander Thomas Cassin Kinkaid military commander Leslie Morshead military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties
2,100

Units

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army I Corps (Australia) 7th Division (Australia) 18th Brigade (Australia) 2/12th Field Regiment (Australia) 2/5th Field Regiment 2/6th Field Regiment (Australia) 2/10th Battalion (Australia) 2/12th Battalion (Australia) 2/31st Battalion (Australia) 2/9th Battalion (Australia)
Seventh Area Army Thirty-Seventh Army (Japan) 56th Independent Mixed Brigade 7th Air Division (Japan)

Battles 1