Borneo is an island in
the South China Sea. By the middle of the 20th century the island,
much of it thick jungle, was divided between Britain
and the Netherlands.
The island was invaded
by the Japanese Army on 16th December
1941. Defended by only a battalion of Punjabi infantry it was quickly
captured by Japan.
The Australian 1st Corps
under Lieutenant General Leslie
Morshead began making landings on the island on 30th April
1945. It was quickly captured and while developing Borneo as a base
for an invasion of Singapore the Japanese
government announced it had surrendered.
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