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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 19 February 1942 and were resisted by a small, under-equipped force of Allied military personnel—known as Sparrow Force—predominantly from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Dutch East Indies.

Battle of Timor
Battle of Timor · Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
19 Feb 1942 – 10 Feb 1943
Where
West Timor
Era
Modern

Topics

Indonesia1578 – todayTimor-Leste1942 – today

Before and after

Battle of the Tenaru1942Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo1942Show on timeline

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