What the records say
- When
- 11 Jan 1942 – 12 Jan 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 1.16° N, 124.86° E
- Description
- 1942 WWII battle of the Dutch East Indies Campaign
- War
- World War II
Battle of Manado
1942 WWII battle of the Dutch East Indies Campaign
The Battle of Manado took place as part of the Japanese offensive to capture the Dutch East Indies. It occurred at Manado on the Minahasa Peninsula on the northern part of Celebes Island, from 11–12 January 1942. The battle was noted as the first time in Japanese history that the country had deployed paratroopers in a military operation.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “débarquement à Tarakan, au nord-est de Bornéo et à Manado, au nord-est des Célèbes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page