Battle of Timor

Deutsch: Die Schlacht um Timor fand im Pazifikkrieg 1942 bis 1943 während des Zweiten Weltkrieges statt. Auf der südostasiatischen Insel Timor kämpften die Alliierten, hauptsächlich australische und niederländische Truppen, gegen die japanischen Invasoren. Viele Einheimische und portugiesische Kolonisten unterstützten die Alliierten als creados (Guerilla), versorgten sie mit Lebensmitteln oder boten Obdach.

English: The Battle of Timor (1942–43) occurred on the Portuguese island of Timor, in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It involved forces from the Empire of Japan, which invaded on February 20, 1942, on one side and Allied personnel, predominantly from Australia and the Netherlands, on the other. Many Timorese civilians and some Portuguese colonists fought with the Allies as creados (guerrillas), or provided food, shelter and other assistance.

The Battle edit

Oesapa Besar, Timor - Sparrow force landing site
Australian guerillas in Timor take a rest
The native village Mindello is burnt to the ground by australian guerillas to prevent its use as a japanese base - 1942-12-12
Natives friendly to the australians attacked a tribe which was in pay of the japanese - 1942-12-12
6-inch coastal gun at Timor
Burning japanese oil tanker in Pelican bay
Collapsed japanese bomber at Timor - 1945-10-02
Lieutenant General K. Yamada is signing a instrument which effected the unconditional surrender of japanese forces in the Lesser Sundas, east of and not including Lombok - 1945-10-03
Japanese prisoners to leave Koepang - 1945-11-04
Colonel Kaida Tatsuichi awaiting the signing of the instrument of surrender on board HMAS Moresby - 1945-09-11
Brigadier L. G. H. Dyke CBE DSO, commanding officer of Timor force - 1946
Lieutenant Colonel Yujiro Yutani, Commanding Officer of the Kempeitai (Japanese secret police) on Timor, standing at attention behind a barbed wire fence at the prisoner of war (POW) compound