1 / 9

Japanese invasion of east timor Mark berezdecky and thomas dapchich

TOP SECRET. Japanese invasion of east timor Mark berezdecky and thomas dapchich. Japan had imperialistic ambitions during World War II. Japan being a naval power in Asia wanted to be as equal with the traditional colonial powers (Great Britain, France, Germany, Dutch, etc.)

lizina
Download Presentation

Japanese invasion of east timor Mark berezdecky and thomas dapchich

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. TOP SECRET Japanese invasion of east timorMark berezdecky and thomasdapchich

  2. Japan had imperialistic ambitions during World War II. Japan being a naval power in Asia wanted to be as equal with the traditional colonial powers (Great Britain, France, Germany, Dutch, etc.) Their thinking dictates that if the colonial powers have the moral right to keep colonies in Asia, Japan can have that moral right too. The British Empire at the time had India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia, Hongkong as its colonies. France had Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The Dutch had Indonesia. The USA had the Philippines and Hawaii. Portugal had Macau and East Timor. Japan controlled East Timor from 1942 to 45. JAPAN’S AMBITION

  3. The Japanese invaded Dili, East Timor at midnight on February 19-20th1939. It was clever and unexpected. • By the end of the month the Japanese controlled most of the area of East Timor around Dili. When? Where?

  4. Japan viewed East Timor as a navel base. They wanted all the natural resources (such as gold, various spices, natural gas etc.) that East Timor had to offer as it would give them even more money which brought power and weaponry. The Japanese viewed East Timor’s neutrality as a threat and also saw them as an easy target because of this. The Japanese believed that if they controlled East Timor, they controlled the Pacific Ocean which brought with it great power and access to Allied Forces’ bases in the southern hemisphere. Why?

  5. The Japanese landed and drove the small Australian force out of Dili, and the mountainous interior became the scene of a guerrilla campaign, known as the Battle of Timor. During the night of February 19-20 1939, the Imperial Japanese Army’s 228th Regimental Group (1500 men), under the command of Col. SadashichiDoi, began landing in Dili, the capital of Timor. The Japanese ships were mistaken for vessels carrying Portuguese reinforcements, and the Allies were caught by surprise. Nevertheless, they were well-prepared, covered by the 18-strong Australian commando No. 2 section stationed at the airfield. Australian army claim that the section managed to kill an estimated 200 Japanese in the fist hours of the battle. How?

  6. Australia created a group of 1,400 men commonly known as the ‘Sparrow force’ • They were led by Lt. Colonel William Leggatt. • They fought bravely but surrendered to the Japanese in 1939 because they had no chance of defeating the intelligent Japanese. • They had to fight against the Japanese because if the Japanese controlled East Timor it was an easy threat to Australia’s main naval base (Darwin). Australia’s Role

  7. Australian weaponry Japanese weaponry • Rifles: Lee-Enfield • Submachine Guns: Owen, Austen submachine gun. • Machine guns: Lewis Gun. • As you can see Australia didn’t stand a chance. • Handguns: Nambu Type 14, Type 26, Nambu Type 94. • Rifles: Type 38 Rifle, Type 2 Rifle, Type 38 Cavalry Rifle • Submachine guns: Nambu Type 100. • Machine guns: Type 11 Light Machine gun, Type 96 Light Machine gun etc. • Grenades: Type 4 Grenade, Type 10 Fragmentation Hand/Discharger Grenade, Type 99 Hand/Rifle Fragmentation Grenade. • Flamethrowers: Type 93,100 • Grenade Dischargers: Type 10, 89 • Swords: Shin gunto Weaponry

  8. The struggle resulted in deaths of between 40,00 and 70,00 Timorese. In 1939 Australia’s population was only 6,998,000 and we had an estimated 41,200 military deaths. That is 0.57% of the population. The East Timorese helped keep Aussies out of Japanese interment camps and eventually at the cost of their own lives helped Aussies to escape from Timor. Japanese commanding officer met Portuguese Governor Ferreira de Carvalho, returning the power to him and placing the Japanese forces under the Portuguese authority. effects

  9. Japan fought well but in the last days of the war they surrendered (August 10-15, 1945). The only condition was if the war did not end the whole nation of Japan would be reduced to ashes. • Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombed by America which stopped the forces of Japan. Towards the end

More Related