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The Battle of Ambon (30 January – 3 February 1942) occurred on Ambon Island in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), as part of the Japanese offensive on the Dutch colony during World War II. In the face of a combined defense by Dutch and Australian troops, Japanese forces conquered the island and its strategic airfield in several days.
These soldiers became the backbone of APRMS. After a naval blockade by the Indonesian navy, an invasion of Ambon took place on 28 September 1950. The APRMS fled from the town of Ambon before the invading Indonesian troops had taken up positions in old Dutch fortifications in the hills overlooking the town. From here they waged guerrilla warfare.
The Battle of Ambon began on the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Rommel retook Benghazi by noon. [3] Just as he entered the city, he received a message from Benito Mussolini suggesting that he should launch an offensive to take Benghazi. Rommel sent back a curt response: "Benghazi already taken."
Ambon city was the site of a major Dutch military base that Imperial Japanese forces captured from Allied forces in the World War II Battle of Ambon in 1942. The battle was followed by the summary execution of more than 300 Allied prisoners of war in the Laha massacre. A large Far East prisoner of war camp was situated in the north near Liang.
As part of the Australian Army's "Gull Force" he took part in the Battle of Ambon during World War II. He was captured by the Japanese in January 1942. He was taken prisoner by the Japanese, and was treated brutally (as were all of his comrades). He died of illness, due to maltreatment and malnourishment, still a prisoner of war, on 6 June 1945.
Thai victory [19] Japanese-mediated armistice [20] Siem Reap, Phra Tabong, Sisophon ceded to Thailand; Battle of Ko Chang (1941) Japanese invasion of Thailand (1941) Location:Thailand. Map of the Japanese invasion of Thailand, December 8, 1941: Thailand: Japan: Ceasefire. Thai alliance with Japan Thailand declares war on the Allied Powers.
[3] In early 1942, Itō was reassigned to an independent command in his own name, the "Itō Detachment", consisted mainly of 228th Infantry Regiment, 38th Infantry Division and the 1st Kure SNLF, which took part in the Battle of Ambon [4] in the Dutch East Indies (30 January–3 February 1942), and in the occupation of Timor. All of these ...
[3] Economic power in Ambon from the mid-1980s onwards was held by civil servants, [26] observed P. M. Laksono, and their salaries and monetary provisions from Jakarta contributed the overwhelming majority of wealth entering the Maluku region, as local agricultural and marine production was largely subsistence and commercial fishing operations ...