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1241:, 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.
1551:, near Surabaya, the Dutch infantry from 8th, 13th Battalion, 3rd Cavalry Unit and the American 131st (Texas) "E" Field Artillery Regiment gave fierce resistance to the incoming Japanese. Eventually, the Allied troops under Major-General Gustav A. Ilgen had to retreat to the island of
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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
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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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1237:. 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
992:(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:
1797:, 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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upon the completion of demolition of the city's infrastructure. On the evening of 9 March, Major-General Ilgen, commander of the KNIL in East Java, signed the instrument of surrender.
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on the northern coast of West Java. The unit's objectives were to capture the important
Kalidjati airfield and weaken the Allied air arm, while the 2nd Division attacked Batavia.
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2348:Chapter 10: Loss of the Netherlands East Indies
1931:"Major-General Sir Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell"
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1629:Abe Unit (left wing): Major-General Koichi Abe
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1968:"Japanese Armoured Units on Java Island, 1942"
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1231:Leuwiliang
1212:Buitenzorg
1187:Bantam Bay
1172:Ryujo Maru
1125:Bantam Bay
875:Tankettes)
847:: General
729:Leuwiliang
651:Balikpapan
629:1st Borneo
564:Leuwiliang
500:825 killed
491:60 wounded
158:April 2014
150:footnoting
100:April 2008
75:references
39:improve it
1769:Asheville
1767:USS
1761:Aftermath
1570:Tjilatjap
1538:Ngandjoek
1296:Tjikampek
1239:Soekabumi
1224:Tangerang
1115:Japanese
1066:Bren guns
1058:Singapore
844:16th Army
686:Palembang
661:Samarinda
489:36 killed
485:Australia
317:Australia
45:talk page
2330:Archived
2110:Archived
2079:Archived
2002:Archived
1829:See also
1594:Ambarawa
1590:Salatiga
1586:Magelang
1578:Bojolali
1523:Djombang
1519:Lamongan
1465:Surabaya
1220:Bandoeng
960:and the
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559:Kalijati
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252:Location
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146:citation
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646:Manado
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1127:near
1105:Merak
1086:Texas
1005:MkV1B
944:Japan
696:Timor
671:Ambon
446:Total
433:3,000
424:5,500
342:Japan
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