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Auteur(s) : Konstam, Angus (1960-....)
Titre(s) : Borneo 1945 [Texte imprimé] : The Last Major Allied Campaign in the South-West Pacific / Angus Konstam ; illustrated by Edouard A. Groult
Publication : Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2024
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (96 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Campaign ; 406
Lien à la collection : Campaign
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 94
A fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific,
and the largest Australian military operation of World War II. A week after Pearl
Harbor in December 1941, Japanese troops landed near Brunei on the South-East Asian
island of Borneo. Within eight weeks, the entire island had been overrun, and its
Dutch and British Indian defenders had been ejected. By early April 1942, the entire
Dutch East Indies were in Japanese hands, and remained under Japanese occupation for
a further three years. The late-1944 US landings in the Philippines effectively cut
oil- and resource-rich Borneo off from Japan. Now that it was considered a worthy
strategic prize for the Allies, General Douglas MacArthur, commanding the South-West
Pacific Theater, began planning for the recapture of the key island. This compelling
work explores the planning and execution of Operation Oboe, which was spearheaded
by Australian troops but involved naval and special forces from the United States,
Britain and the Netherlands. Detailed maps explore the six separate stages, each of
which involved amphibious landings. Battlescene artworks and photographs bring to
life notable events such as the capture of Tarakan, Labuan, Brunei and Sarawak. Also
covered are the Allied special forces guerrilla campaigns and Australian 7th Infantry
Division's landing at Balikapan - which proved to be the turning point of this hard-fought
campaign
Sujet(s) : Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Opérations militaires -- Bornéo
Histoire militaire -- Bornéo -- 1900-1945
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781472862211. - ISBN 147286221X. - ISBN 9781472862242 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47580750f
Notice n° :
FRBNF47580750
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