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Name: Battle of Timor

Type: Event

Start: 1942 AD

End: 1943 AD

Parent: World War II (Asia & Pacific)

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Was the Japanese invasion and occupation of Dutch Timor and Portuguese Timor during World War II.

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  • February 1942: On the night of 19/20 February 1,500 troops from the Imperial Japanese Army's 228th Regimental Group, 38th Division, XVI Army, under the command of Colonel Sadashichi Doi, began landing in Dili.
  • February 1942: Surrender of Usua to the Japanese.
  • February 1943: Last Australian and Portuguese forces evacuated Timur.
  • August 1942: The Japanese secured the central town of Maubisse and the southern port of Beco.

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