What the records say
- When
- 13 Feb 1942 – 15 Feb 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 2.99° S, 104.76° E
- Description
- battle of World War II near Palembang, on Sumatra, on 13–15 February 1942
- War
- World War II
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Palembang gelingt es den japanischen Einheiten, die Erdölraffinerien bei Palembang auf Sumatra zu erobern und zu sichern”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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