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Japanese-occupied British Borneo

Japanese occupation of the four British territories of northern Borneo — Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan and North Borneo — conquered December 1941 to January 1942 and run as a single occupied territory (Kita Boruneo).

Australian forces landed at Tarakan, Brunei Bay and Balikpapan in mid-1945; the Japanese 37th Army surrendered at Labuan on 10 September 1945 and a British Military Administration took over until April 1946.

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Further reading

• Rising Sun over Borneo: The Japanese Occupation of Sarawak, 1941-1945 Ooi Keat Gin · 1999

  The scholarly monograph on the occupation of Brooke Sarawak, the core of occupied British Borneo.

Sources

• Wikipedia, 'Japanese occupation of British Borneo' (Q15243087)
• Wikidata Q15243087 (inception 15 Dec 1941, dissolved 12 Sep 1945)
• Wikipedia, 'British Military Administration (Borneo)' (Q16953961) — Sep 1945-Apr 1946 restoration, folded into the resumed colonial frames