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Balikpapan
Balikpapan, Dutch oil port situated in the south-east corner of Dutch Borneo (see Netherlands East Indies) which was occupied by the Japanese in February 1942. The 7th Australian Division, supported by Australian, Dutch, and US air and naval units, launched an amphibious assault against it on 1 July 1945. By 9 July the division had captured the port and its two airfields, and by the time Japan surrendered in mid-August an area within 24–32 km. (15–20 mi.) of the port had been cleared. Balikpapan's capture, which cost the Australians 229 dead and 634 wounded, was the war's last large-scale operation and the largest amphibious one carried out by Australian troops.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Balikpapan." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Balikpapan." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Balikpapan.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Balikpapan." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Balikpapan.html |
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Balikpapan
Balikpapan, Kalimantan/Indonesia The name has various possible meanings from balik ‘behind’ or ‘reverse side of’ and papan ‘shelter’ or ‘board’, ‘plank’ or ‘piece of wood’.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Balikpapan." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Balikpapan." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Balikpapan.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Balikpapan." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Balikpapan.html |
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Balikpapan
Balikpapan , city (1990 pop. 344,405), E Borneo (Kalimantan), Indonesia, on an inlet of Makasar Strait. An important seaport and oil center with refineries, it is connected by pipeline with the oil fields of Samarinda. Timber is also exported. |
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"Balikpapan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Balikpapan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Balikpap.html "Balikpapan." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Balikpap.html |
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