Battle Of Tarakan (1945)

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	conflict	Battle of Tarakan (1945)
	caption	Australian infantry advancing through wrecked oil storage tanks at Tank Hill, Tarakan (AWM 090932)
	partof	World War II
	date	May 1 1945
	place	Tarakan Island , Netherlands East Indies
	result	Allied victory
	combatant1	Australia , United States
	combatant2	Japan
	commander1	Brigadier David Whitehead
	commander2	Major Tadai Tokoi
	strength1	15,532
	strength2	2,200
	casualties1	Over 251 dead, over 669 wounded
	casualties2	1,540 dead, 252 captured prior to 15 August 1945

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