Battle of Balikpapan

The Battle of Balikpapan was the concluding stage of Operation Oboe, the campaign to liberate Japanese-held British and Dutch Borneo. The landings took place on 1 July 1945. The Australian 7th Division, composed of the 18th, 21st and 25th Infantry Brigades, with a small number of Netherlands East Indies KNIL troops, made an amphibious landing, codenamed Operation Oboe Two, a few miles north of Balikpapan. The Allied invasion fleet consisted of around 100 ships. The landing had been preceded by heavy bombing and shelling by Australian and US air and naval forces. The Allied force totalled 33,000 personnel and was commanded by Major General Edward Milford, while the Japanese force, commanded by Rear Admiral Michiaki Kamada, numbered between 8,400 and 10,000, of which between 3,100 and 3,900 were combatants. After the initial landing, the Allies secured the town and its port, and then advanced along the coast and into the hinterland, capturing the two Japanese airfields. Major combat operations concluded around 21 July, but were followed by mopping-up operations, which lasted until the end of the war in mid-August. Australian troops remained in the area until early 1946.

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RAAF B-25s attack Balikpapan 1945

Burning oil refineries at Balikpapan 1945

Balikpapan ops 1945

RAAF B-25s attack Balikpapan 1945

RAAF Liberators Balikpapan

Short 25 pdr Balikpapan

Infantry Balikpapan (AWM 110383)

Balikpapan landing (AWM 018812)

Tanks Balikpapan

AWM 110910 2-10th Battalion Balikpapan July 1945

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1942	Battle of Balikpapan	United States, Netherlands, battle, Empire of Japan, William A. Glassford, Shōji Nishimura	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	Battle of Balikpapan	battle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Hishi	Momi-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS YMS-50	minesweeper, YMS-1-class minesweeper	Wikidata
commons	image		RAAF B-25s attack Balikpapan 1945		Commons
commons	image		Burning oil refineries at Balikpapan 1945		Commons
commons	image		Balikpapan ops 1945		Commons
commons	image		RAAF B-25s attack Balikpapan 1945		Commons
commons	image		RAAF Liberators Balikpapan		Commons
commons	image		Short 25 pdr Balikpapan		Commons
commons	image		Infantry Balikpapan (AWM 110383)		Commons
commons	image		Balikpapan landing (AWM 018812)		Commons
commons	image		Tanks Balikpapan		Commons
commons	image		AWM 110910 2-10th Battalion Balikpapan July 1945		Commons