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Hollandia was a port on the north coast of New Guinea, part of the Dutch East Indies, and was the only anchorage between Wewak to the east, and Geelvink Bay to the west. It was occupied by the Japanese during their invasion of the Dutch East Indies in 1942, who planned to use it as a base for their expansion towards the Australian mandated territories of Papua and New Guinea.
Allied forces carried out landings at Aitape and the Hollandia on New Guinea. General Hatazō Adachi's 11,000-man garrison was ill-prepared and an American foothold was easily gained. [2] The Battle of Hollandia began. The second wave of Mesovouno massacres was carried out by members of the Wehrmacht in Greece.
After the Hollandia bombing raid the Japanese no longer had any substantial air power in all of New Guinea for the rest of the war. Air supremacy was established by the Allied forces. One squadron reported after returning from the raid that "Hollandia had really been Wewaked .'" [ 5 ]
The Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (Dutch: Nederlandsch-Indische Civiele Administratie, NICA) was a semi-military organisation, established in April 1944, tasked with the restoration of civil administration and law of Dutch colonial rule after the capitulation of the Japanese occupational forces in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) at the end of World War II.
Naval Base Hollandia was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Humboldt Bay, near the city of Hollandia (now Jayapura) in New Guinea. The base was built by the US Navy Seabees during the Battle of Hollandia , starting on May 9, 1944.
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Hollandia, a ship of the Dutch East India Company, wrecked in 1743 on her maiden voyage; Jayapura, a city in Indonesia, known as Hollandia from 1910 to 1962; Sentani Airport, the city's airport, formerly known as Hollandia Airfield Complex; Battle of Hollandia, 1944 battle between American and Japanese forces during World War II
The Dutch East Indies—Indonesia in World War II — involved during 1942−1945, part of the South West Pacific theatre of World War II. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.