BORNEO CAMPAIGN

Borneo, with strategic waterways on all sides, was rich with oil, rubber, and other natural resources. The invasion of the island, which was defended by Dutch and British Indian troops, was Japan’s first move into the Netherlands East Indies. Resistance to the army’s Kawaguchi and Sakaguchi Detachments, each based on an infantry regiment and support units, was short-lived. The Japanese soon had control of the oilfields on the island and made preparations for future campaigns towards Sumatra and Java.

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