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Timor
Timor. In 1941 this island 450 km. (280 mi.) long, which lies only 800 km. (500 mi.) from northern Australia, was half-Portuguese and half-Dutch. The Japanese had planned, after occupying the whole island, to station troops in the Portuguese eastern half while allowing the Portuguese to continue ruling. It was a method they had already followed in Thailand and French Indo-China, but in December 1941, 1,320 Australian troops reinforced local Dutch troops at Koepang in Dutch Timor which was part of the Netherlands East Indies. Some of this joint garrison then occupied Portuguese Timor until Portuguese reinforcements were able to arrive from Portuguese East Africa. However, the Japanese successfully isolated this garrison, firstly by forcing a reinforcement to return to Australia and then mounting a devastating raid on Darwin.
The day after the Japanese air attack on Darwin, 20 February 1942, Maj-General Ito Takeo, commanding 38th Infantry Group, mounted the ‘First classic combined amphibious assault and vertical envelopment (a parachute drop) in history’ ( M. Bartlett (ed.), Assault from the Sea, Annapolis, Md., 1983, p. 202) against the Allied forces holding Koepang, and within three days the defenders had been forced to surrender. Some escaped into the island's rugged interior and, along with those in Portuguese Timor, began a successful guerrilla campaign. Their activities tied down an increasing number of Japanese who were convinced that continued resistance indicated that an attack from Australia was imminent. In September 1942 the guerrillas' numbers rose to about 300 when an Australian Independent Company (see Australia, 5(e)) was landed. But overwhelming Japanese superiority, sickness, and the diminishing loyalty of the local people, forced the Australians' withdrawal by January 1943. |
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Timor." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Timor." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Timor.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Timor." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-Timor.html |
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Timor [Malay,=east], island (1990 est. pop. 3,900,000), c.13,200 sq mi/34,200 sq km, largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sundas, in the Malay Archipelago. Timor is divided politically between Indonesia and East Timor (Timor-Leste). The island is long, narrow, and almost wholly mountainous. Rice, coconuts, and coffee are grown, and stretches of grassland support cattle. There are oil and gas fields off East Timor's southern coast. The inhabitants are of predominantly Malay and Papuan descent.
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"Timor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Timor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Timor.html "Timor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Timor.html |
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Timor Largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the Malay archipelago. The chief towns are Kupang in the w and Dili in the e. From c.1520, Portuguese spice traders began to settle on Timor. When the Dutch landed in 1620, they settled on the w side. Japan occupied the island during World War 2. In 1950, West Timor became part of the Nusa Tenggara Timur province of the newly created Republic of Indonesia. In 1975, Portugal abandoned East Timor and the colony declared independence. Indonesia immediately invaded, and in 1976 annexed East Timor. Resistance to Indonesian rule, led by the independence movement FRETILIN, continued during the 1980s and 1990s amid widespread reports of human rights violations. In 1999, after a vote in favour of independence, violence erupted as pro-Indonesian militias sought to destabilize the new nation. A United Nations' (UN) peace-keeping force restored order, and East Timor gained full independence in 2002. A mountainous island, its main products are rice, coconuts, coffee, and tobacco. Area: 33,857sq km (13,074sq mi). Pop. (2000) 4,820,039; 891,000 (East Timor)
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"Timor." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Timor." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Timor.html "Timor." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Timor.html |
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Timor The largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands in the southern Malay Archipelago. The island was formerly divided into Dutch West Timor and Portuguese East Timor. In 1950 West Timor was absorbed into the newly formed Republic of Indonesia, becoming part of the province of Nusa Tenggara Timur. In 1975 East Timor briefly declared itself independent from Portugal but was invaded and occupied by Indonesia. In 1976, against the wishes of the inhabitants, Indonesia formally annexed East Timor and administered it as the province of Timur Timur or Loro Sae. The independence movement was violently suppressed. A referendum, supervised by the UN, in 1999 overwhelmingly supported independence from Indonesia. However, a pro-Indonesian militia murdered many of those who voted for independence and devastated the capital, Dili. Thousands of people fled or went into hiding and a UN peacekeeping force was sent in.
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"Timor." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Timor." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Timor.html "Timor." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Timor.html |
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Timor, Indonesia‐East Timor An island. From the middle of the 16th century the Dutch and Portuguese competed to control it until they agreed to split it at the Treaty of Lisbon in 1859. The Dutch received the western half, the Portuguese the eastern half. A small exclave on the north coast of West Timor, Ocüssi‐Ambeno (also Oekussi‐Ambenu), was awarded to the Portuguese in 1913 as part of East Timor. The Dutch departed in 1949, at which time West Timor became part of Indonesia. The Portuguese, however, remained in East Timor until 1975. The name is probably derived from the Malay timur ‘east’, a reference to the fact that Timor lies to the east of Java and Sumatra. It gives its name to the Timor Sea.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Timor." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Timor." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Timor.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Timor." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Timor.html |
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Timor, see East Timor
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Timor." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Timor." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Timor.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Timor." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-Timor.html |
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"Timor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Timor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Timor.html "Timor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Timor.html |
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