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The Riau Archipelago is a large group of more or less small islands located east of the island of Sumatra and south of the Malay Peninsula with Singapore at its tip in the Malay Archipelago. The largest islands in the archipelago are Batam and Bintan with the capital Tanjung Pinang. The islands belonged to the Dutch colony of the Dutch East Indies.
When World War II broke out, the Dutch initially seemed reluctant to defend their territories in the East Indies. This led the British to consider creating a buffer state in Riau. They discussed prospects for a restoration with Tengku Omar and Tengku Besar, descendants of the sultans, who were then based in Terengganu. However, as the war ...
Chronicle (1943) — landings at Woodlark Island and Kiriwina, New Guinea; Toenails (1943) — landings at New Georgia; Postern (1943) — assault on Lae, Papua New Guinea. Goodtime (1943) — New Zealand landing at Treasury Islands. Blissful (1943) — landing at Choiseul Island. Cherry Blossom (1943) — landing at Bougainville Island.
The Dutch East Indies campaign of 1941–1942 was the conquest of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) by forces of the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied forces attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands. The East Indies were targeted by the Japanese for their rich oil resources which ...
The equator goes through the northern tip of Lingga Island, the main island in the archipelago. Administratively they form a Regency of the Riau Islands Province with a land area of 2,250.45 km 2 [2] and a population of 86,244 people at the 2010 census [3] and 98,633 at the 2020 census; [4] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 102,474. [1]
The Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and martial law was declared in the Dutch East Indies. Following the failure of negotiations between the Dutch authorities and the Japanese ...
The archipelago is located on the north opening of Karimata Strait which separates Borneo and Belitung island. Geographically it is part of the Tudjuh Archipelago, and administratively forms a district (kecamatan) of Bintan Regency within the Riau Islands Province. It covers a land area of 90.4 km 2 and had a population of 4,960 in mid 2022. [1]
Natives and Exotics: World War II and Environment in the Southern Pacific. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3265-0. Lindstrom, Lamont; White, Geoffrey Miles; Center, East-West (September 17, 1990). Island Encounters: Black and White Memories of the Pacific War. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-87474-457-6.