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Tarakan airstrip in May 1945. Juwata Airport [1] (Indonesian: Bandar Udara Juwata) (IATA: TRK, ICAO: WAQQ) [2] is a domestic airport in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Tarakan off the coast of Borneo. The airport was the main Allied objective during the Battle of Tarakan (1945).
Tarakan is an island and co-extensively the sole city within the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. ... [1] Geography. The city is located on Tarakan island ...
The Battle of Tarakan took place on 11–12 January 1942, a day after the Empire of Japan declared war on the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Although Tarakan was only a small marshy island off northeastern Borneo in the Netherlands East Indies (today's Indonesia), its 700 oil wells, refineries, and airfield made it a crucial objective for Japan in the Pacific War.
The Battle of Tarakan was the first stage in the Borneo campaign of 1945.It began with an amphibious landing by Allied forces on 1 May, code-named Operation Oboe One; the Allied ground forces were drawn mainly from the Australian 26th Brigade, but included a small element of Netherlands East Indies personnel.
Battle of Tarakan (1942), January 11–12, 1942, the Japanese assault on the island, defeating Allied forces there. Battle of Tarakan (1945) , May 1–25, 1945, the first phase of the Allied campaign to re-take Borneo.
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