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1252:, lest it become trapped by Japanese flanking manoeuvres, and was ordered to retreat to Soekabumi. Around the same time, the Fukushima and Sato units headed westwards to Madja (Maja) and Balaradja (Balaraja). They found many of the bridges already destroyed by the retreating Dutch and were forced to find other routes; some units took the opportunity to make for Buitenzorg.
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Poorten decided to withdraw his forces from Batavia and Buitenzorg to reinforce the defence of Bandoeng. The following evening Dutch troops in Batavia surrendered to the Sato Detachment. By the dawn of 6 March, the Japanese troops had attacked Buitenzorg, which was guarded by the 10th
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Invasion fleet as well. After landing, they were divided into three units with one battalion each: Kaneuji Unit, Major Kaneuji commanding; Yamamoto Unit: Colonel Yamamoto commanding; and Matsumoto Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Matsumoto commanding; these units moved south with the
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Barrier" (or "East Indies Barrier"). Because the Allied naval force had been destroyed, the Indian Ocean and the approach to Australia lay open to the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Tjilatjap already in Japanese hands. Soerabaja was being evacuated while Japanese troops were rapidly converging on Bandoeng from both the north and the west. At 09:00 on 8 March, the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces – Ter
1301:, carried out attacks on Japanese troops at Eretan Wetan. Using motor vehicles, the Japanese rapidly advanced to Soebang. At noon, the Kalidjati airfield was finally occupied following a tenacious defence carried out by 350 British troops. Meanwhile, other Japanese units led by Major
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British, Australian and American commanders were summoned to Bandoeng where the formal instrument of surrender was signed in the presence of the Japanese commander in the Bandoeng area, Lieutenant-General Masao Maruyama, who promised them the rights of the
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Lieutenant-General Ter Poorten, together with Major-General Jacob J. Pesman, the commander of the Bandoeng District, met the Japanese Commander-in-Chief, Lieutenant-General Hitoshi Imamura at Kalidjati that afternoon and agreed to the capitulation of all the troops.
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Infantry Regiment; 10th Company, 1st Infantry Regiment; Landstorm troops and a howitzer unit. In the morning Buitenzorg was occupied, while a large number of Allied soldiers had retreated to Bandoeng. The Nasu Detachment pursued them through
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1248:. Highly accurate volleys from "D" Battery, U.S. 2/131st Field Artillery, destroyed many Japanese tanks and trucks. Blackforce managed to hold up the Japanese advance for two full days before being forced to withdraw to
1003:(KNIL) commander, General Hein ter Poorten. Although the KNIL forces had, on paper, 25,000 (mostly Indonesian) well-armed troops, many were poorly trained. The KNIL forces were deployed in four sub-commands:
1808:, thus becoming the highest authority in the occupied Dutch East Indies. He stayed in this position for approximately eight months, until 11 November 1942. Imamura was subordinated to Field Marshal Count
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2359:Chapter 10: Loss of the Netherlands East Indies
1942:"Major-General Sir Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell"
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1979:"Japanese Armoured Units on Java Island, 1942"
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1585:Soerakarta
1576:Balikpapan
1538:Modjokerto
1461:Balikpapan
1344:Yumio Nasu
1258:Tjiandjoer
1242:Leuwiliang
1223:Buitenzorg
1198:Bantam Bay
1183:Ryujo Maru
1136:Bantam Bay
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858:: General
740:Leuwiliang
662:Balikpapan
640:1st Borneo
575:Leuwiliang
511:825 killed
502:60 wounded
169:April 2014
161:footnoting
111:April 2008
86:references
50:improve it
1780:Asheville
1778:USS
1772:Aftermath
1581:Tjilatjap
1549:Ngandjoek
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1250:Soekabumi
1235:Tangerang
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1077:Bren guns
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855:16th Army
697:Palembang
672:Samarinda
500:36 killed
496:Australia
328:Australia
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1840:See also
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1597:Magelang
1589:Bojolali
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1138:near
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1097:Texas
1016:MkV1B
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682:Ambon
457:Total
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