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The First Battle of Balikpapan took place on 23–24 January 1942, off the major oil producing town and port of Balikpapan, on Borneo, in the Netherlands East Indies. After capturing the destroyed oilfield at Tarakan from the Allies in the Battle of Tarakan, the Japanese force—the Sakaguchi Detachment (named for its commander, Major General Shizuo Sakaguchi)-moved on to Balikpapan with the hope that the oilfields there had not been destroyed.

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  • Battle of Balikpapan (1942)
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  • The First Battle of Balikpapan took place on 23–24 January 1942, off the major oil producing town and port of Balikpapan, on Borneo, in the Netherlands East Indies. After capturing the destroyed oilfield at Tarakan from the Allies in the Battle of Tarakan, the Japanese force—the Sakaguchi Detachment (named for its commander, Major General Shizuo Sakaguchi)-moved on to Balikpapan with the hope that the oilfields there had not been destroyed.
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  • 3(xsd:integer)
  • 4(xsd:integer)
  • 12(xsd:integer)
  • 29(xsd:integer)
  • 1100(xsd:integer)
  • 5500(xsd:integer)
  • Air:
  • Land:
  • Sea:
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Date
  • --01-24
Commander
  • 23(xsd:integer)
  • Shizuo Sakaguchi
  • Cornelis van den Hoogenband
  • Shoji Nishimura
Casualties
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 6(xsd:integer)
  • unknown
  • unknown human losses,
Result
  • Allied naval victory
  • Japanese land victory
Place
  • Balikpapan, Borneo, Pacific Ocean
Conflict
  • First Battle of Balikpapan
abstract
  • The First Battle of Balikpapan took place on 23–24 January 1942, off the major oil producing town and port of Balikpapan, on Borneo, in the Netherlands East Indies. After capturing the destroyed oilfield at Tarakan from the Allies in the Battle of Tarakan, the Japanese force—the Sakaguchi Detachment (named for its commander, Major General Shizuo Sakaguchi)-moved on to Balikpapan with the hope that the oilfields there had not been destroyed.
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