Dutch East Indies Campaign | The Battle of Timor (1942)

[@ambientlightofdarknesss4245]

12k subs is a insult to this guy's talent and dedication. You REALLY deserve more subs.

[@TOMARAKIC]

Just got one more. Great content!

[@halojump123]

13.8 thousand now. KZbin algorithms suck.

[@philipjooste9075]

The most interesting part of the entire war. Great graphics and narration too - thanks for this.

[@vectorhistoria7767]

I'm glad to hear that

[@philipjooste9075]

@@vectorhistoria7767 Just a hint: In English there is no such thing as "thirteen o'clock". The o'clock stops at twelve! - Rather use military or nautical lingo and say: "Thirteen Hundred" etc. I though your Japanese an Portuguese pronunciation was masterful! (Use technology when you must!)

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Thanks for the hint. Just wait until the Invasion of Thailand video, I might twist my tongue trying to pronounce Thailanders name.

[@nilsbachellery6939]

@@philipjooste9075 haha you're right ! this small confusion is explainable by the fact that here in France we use a 24h time panel thus translating to english 12-12 tp can sometimes provide such errors thx for pointing them out ! I'll congratulate my portugese friend who helped me out on this one ^^ anyways thanks you for the feedback and see you around !

[@paulscottfilms]

@@philipjooste9075 It's weird we say 1300 hours to fit in only sixty minutes. I think 13 o'clock is quaint and some relief to what was an utter horror story.

[@ajsimo2677]

Superb work! Love the graphics & narration. More importantly, this is very neglected area of World War II history. Europe & the U.S. Pacific zone seem to get all the attention. Many thanks! Hope you can continue!

[@Starwarsgeek-98]

You did absolutely great without a robot voice!

[@jameswalley134]

A very good and accurate review of the Timor conflict during WW2. Thank you for this very professional and historically accurate program.

[@mapper7310]

One of your best videos! Seems like you've improved your narration a lot so good work

[@enthaa]

A wonderful detail of the campaign. The quality graphics to show each stage of the invasion was very well done. New to the channel but I subscribed after watching this presentation. Keep up the great work.

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Thanks and welcome

[@paulscottfilms]

Me too. I was terrified. Part of my hear came from the stories when I was young.

[@Zogerpogger]

I miss this channel. I am loving your work with Kings and Generals on the Pacific War, but I really enjoyed the highly in-depth dives you did on this channel. Hopefully you come back here when the Pacific War series is over.

[@byronbailey9229]

Surrender not an option. 200 Australians defending Ambon airfield were beheaded following their surrender.

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[@markaxworthy2281]

A very comprehensive and fact filled presentation. Proper grown up history. An excellent presentation. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thanks.

[@MachinimaGothic]

You forget about something very important in the end of episode: Banzai!!!

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Are you sure? i had that

[@MachinimaGothic]

@@vectorhistoria7767 Ahh sorry I didnt notice

[@ahshitwerestartingallovera4061]

Thank you for the information, this is very useful for us, especially in Indonesia

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Glad it was helpful!

[@reieben886]

Thank you, no one uncover this part of history except you.. this is interesting

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Thank you. We glad to cover this most neglected part of WWII history.

[@reieben886]

@@vectorhistoria7767 could you also cover allied guerilla operations in timor?

[@nilsbachellery6939]

@@reieben886 check the pinned comment for the link of a documentary

[@trevorharrington3800]

Information available from the 2/2 Commando Association web site.

[@_Braised]

An amazing and very detailed video. Well done! Do you know what Japanese air units were stationed in Dili during most of 1942, and what they flew? (A6M Zero or Ki-43 Hayabusa?)

[@anthonyelian8727]

Very good content, narration and animation, good job

[@auliafajar9346]

Yayy You’re alive!!!

[@potatojuice2236]

Please start making videos about WW2 or WW1 in Europe. Or any another subject from Europe, Middle East and simillar. This content is of high quality, so, expand your focuses.

[@bigbaba1111]

thanks mate. the speed and aggressivness of japanese army and navy was amazing.

[@ericxu3553]

Great work bud. Hope you make more NEI videos.

[@vectorhistoria7767]

That's the plan! and more to come too.

[@ericxu3553]

@@vectorhistoria7767 Awesome! Can't wait.

[@ericxu3553]

@Paul Frei Netherlands East Indies

[@legendofman12]

So good! Exactly what I was looking for. I’d suggest investing in a professional mic if you haven’t already, you have such talent, you should let yourself be properly heard.

[@guyh9992]

The 2 in front of the Australian units is pronounced 2nd as in 2nd AIF to distinguish them from the 1st AIF in WWI. eg 2/40th is 2nd/40th.

[@_the_wolff_2652]

Nice!!! When will be Battle of Java Sea? :)

[@vectorhistoria7767]

If we had no problem, maybe we can deliver in next month time

[@salammuliadi9200]

I wait the your videos

[@owo5869]

I can’t wait to see it but I’ll wait

[@martenikaeltheroy3621]

Not JUST the java sea battle, but the whole Japanese invasion of java..and show how the Dutch were in fact ABANDONED by the British after the fall of. ..ONLY..Singapore, while the Dutch offered relatively EVERYTHING ( submarines, flyboats,aircraft) to the defense of Malay waters between sumatra,malaya and borneo...

[@vectorhistoria7767]

@@martenikaeltheroy3621 Right now, we planned for an 8-parts in the Battle of Java series, which cover all type of warfare, starting from Air campaign to Dutch capitulation in Java

[@JoviMenezes501]

Love this video ❤️ By the way on the Portuguese side, we are Christian Timorese (Native), not indonesians!!!

[@medievalist8441]

Hey!, Just saw your videos and feel in love wish the voice could be more polish. Can't wait for more

[@medievalist8441]

Just want to ask is the next one coming next month?

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Battle of Java for sure. But we also plan for another 2 campaign series, which we would explore to another fronts in Pacific Theatre.

[@medievalist8441]

@@vectorhistoria7767 Cool! Really love them

[@asicit6789]

Why no mention of the 2/4th commando Sqn? My Grandfather fought with them on Timor but the 2/4th were only on the East side of the island. They played hit and run games with the Japanese for months inflicting heavy casualties out of all proportion to their size. He was one of the 13 brave men who volunteered to stay behind when the rest were evacuated. Thank you for this excellent video.

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Its good to know your grandfather served with 2/4th. We understand that 2/4th Independent Company was deployed to Portuguese Timor to reinforce the 2/2nd Independent Company later after the main battle. Initially, I mention that units in conclusion, but later removed it due to not to be confused with 2/2nd Independent Company. But we plan to visit Timor later for another chapter.

[@asicit6789]

@@vectorhistoria7767 Thank you. 🙏

[@trevorharrington3800]

@@vectorhistoria7767 The 2/2 Commando Association of Australia will provide you with every resource you need for the Portuguese Timor story.

[@brucedavidson3881]

Your English is really improving nicely

[@KimJongUnGamingAndVlogging]

he has a french narrator

[@cheng3580]

Good video! Hope to see more!

[@vectorhistoria7767]

UPDATE: 10,000 Views!!! Thank You for watching our video Guys. UPDATE 2: 1000 Likes!!! UPDATE 3: 50,000 Views!!! Enjoy the video. Also, listening to "Sora no Shinpei" really motivated me to finish this project quicker: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYuVopWDa9ibjLc For more information on "Men of Timor", watch the short documentary here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/baHTao2kebeod80

[@owo5869]

God soldiers from the sky the Japanese paratroopers🤣 Axis really like these kinds of names AirDrop hunters for example.

[@RangaTurk]

Also what was going on in the islands of Aru and Tanimbar and the frontline west of the town of Merauke around the time of the Midway Battle. Great series and I have no complaints about the narration. Top-quality research, well done!

[@re_allyedge]

Legend is back!!!

[@willdavey1565]

If I’m not mistaken the Australian commandos remained in Timor until 1943.

[@harveygerndt1874]

A splendid work! Thank you.

[@hushpuppy1735]

Quality video! Hope you’ll get more subcribers and views!

[@Lajs657]

Fantastic and great work. Congratulations and greetings from Brazil (our language is Portuguese too). At that time Portugal was an impoverished and weak country. The minister Salazar, the country's dictator, cleverly managed to remain neutral and thus avoid Spain's invasion of Portugal.

[@damienkeewh43]

Yes, there was excellent restraint shown by the Portuguese leadership to avoid bloodshed, especially in a time when there was much pressure to pick a side. I wonder how things might have turned out differently though, had the Mozambique reinforcements arrived in time to take part in the battle!

[@Oscar-mq5bv]

It was a terrible crime timor was divided between the dutch and the portuguese, as well new guinea. If the (then) english manage to get a hold of them, those islands would be united, and if the english helped the samurai settled in taiwan, that island would be recognized as a country

[@Mark-vd4gg]

Many thanks for uploading - well presented and informative. Well done!

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Thank you Mark, Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alessandrobismarck4922]

Which map art did you use to show the garrison deployment? looks amazing! congrats for the great work!

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Thanks! There is no map art involve here. I just download terrain maps from maps.stamen.com/. with a few magic from photoshop, I got that amazing looking maps,.

[@jimmykim6513]

@@vectorhistoria7767 im very negative to get you answer now but i really want to know. I visited the website and found it really great. BTW, how did you make a terrain in the sea? and what kind of filter do you use in Photoshop? Please answer me if it doesn't bother you. Many thanks for the great videos. I hope you come back.

[@701duran]

great video it's really well done keep up the good work

[@TheExtremeDutchLion]

Amazing content. Thank you for covering such a neglected campaign.

[@nativegerry335]

Failing to cover the Pacific theater enough in the WWII section of high school history is also snubbing Australia and the lives the country sacrificed

[@Stukageschwader]

Great show!! Congratulations for the efforts!! Can’t wait for the next episode!!

[@edhikurniawan]

Oh Yokosuka 3rd SLNF parachute group were on this theater. I wonder what was their role sitting there menacingly at Kagi in a certain WW2 game. Such elaborate sakusen from Japanese part. I've done it only by landing at Dili using a single transport ship. Then plowing all the way to Koepang. There were more resistance at Koepang. Thanks for the history, now i know who they're defending there and how the actual battle was. The AI sent me a lot of Hudson LR and B-17s bombarding Dili from Darwin. I didn't raid Darwin, since i sent Kidou butai to patrol around Hawaii like for 3-4 months. And I don't have effective countermeasures against B-17s. So, my invasion force only managed to capture Dili and trapped there without supplies, like 1 year until i had leeway from winning the Singapore. The only Japanese Fighter during the time that could pose a threat to B-17s were only A6M2 Zero. Claude or Oscar with machine guns do nothing to them. Japanese 75mm AAA were crap as well, at least as in the game. The better option was not to invade Timor IMO. If Japanese did able to win Bali and invade Banyuwangi, it is all they need to cut ABDA air route.

[@PMMagro]

Very nice about an otherwise unknown battle :)

[@sk00t3r8]

great content and passion in the presentation.. for those of us with hearing impairment please refrain from changing accents when pronouncing japanese names or words, very difficult to maintain focus

[@tigercub1906]

My Friend was 1 of commandos in the 2/2 Independent was the First Australian SAS UNIT.

[@trevorharrington3800]

As was my friend also my uncle.

[@crocbro3845]

Battles involving this area of the world never get enough attention as a Australian imp happy to see someone doing these as a suggestion the battle of Papua new guinea would be interesting.

[@BelloBudo007]

As an Aussie myself, I would be interested in an honest video about Papua New Guinea. We obviously had some brave & well trained soldiers taking on the Japanese. However I did hear about some who were ill prepared & untrained, and who thought they were going on a holiday. The story was that they had tennis rackets with them as if they were headed for a fun time. I'd like to know the truth about this & how it was addressed to get the right outcome.

[@guyh9992]

@@BelloBudo007 You are talking about the poorly trained 19 year old conscripts of the 39th battalion who were immortalised on the Kokoda trail. Initially, they were told to bring their tennis racquets because they would not be required to engage in heavy fighting. Of course they were.

[@BelloBudo007]

@@guyh9992 That sounds like it might be them. Weren't they sent back because they were incapable of doing the job? Or am I doing them a disservice?

[@BelloBudo007]

Thanks again Guy. Your information has allowed me to research the 39th further. www.pacificwar.org.au/KokodaCampaign/KokodaOverview2.html This is quite a story.

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Bookmarked it for the future series!

[@boubacarcoulibaly191]

very good video with a remarkable explanation on the map the quality of your map is impressive I would like to know which software you use

[@SGSG000]

Amazing videos! What software do you use for the animations and maps?!

[@EricManzane]

I just subscribed to your channel, hopefully more subscribers will come soon, excellent content

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Thanks for the sub!

[@jaredkutney7075]

thank god your real voice is SOOOOOOOOOO much better than the AI voice narration of your previous videos, Plz go back and release those videos with your human voice narration. Keep up the good work.

[@tomecarvalho7728]

I love your content, your graphics animation and naration, it's so interesting Anyway I'm proud to be Timorense.

[@TankerBricks]

Very cool!

[@adityawidiyadi9931]

Waiting this for so long, please upload more..

[@damienkeewh43]

Thanks for another great video! I've read in some sources that the Portuguese also aided in the defence of Timor during the battle itself, as well as during subsequent guerilla operations. Does anyone have information on this?

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Interesting! My main sources came from this books. "Volume IV - The Japanese Thrust (1st edition, 1957)" - www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1070203/ JM-16 (Japanese Monologue) As far as I read, there was no mention Portuguese aided in the defense in Dili, but the Portuguese colonial garrison however did prepared to take over the defense of Dili that night, because the Mozambique expeditionary force was schedule to arrive on Dili on that day. On JM-16, there was mention of 600 native troops (probably indicated either local Volunteer or Portuguese Garrison). For guerilla operations, i'm yet to dive into the topic. But the a lot casualties on Timorese local. If you find any information regarding this, please let me know.

[@ajsimo2677]

@@vectorhistoria7767 It's great to share your sources!

[@damienkeewh43]

@@vectorhistoria7767 Hi thanks for the update on your sources! I chanced upon this website dutcheastindies.webs.com/timor_port.html Which made reference to an informal 'international brigade' of Portuguese guerilla fighters who had been deported from Portugal because of revolutionary activities. Not sure about the accuracy of this site though.

[@vectorhistoria7767]

That site probably the complete and the only one that cover in detail of Dutch operation in Dutch East Indies campaign (In English). and It is one of primary sources when i need to refer on Dutch perspective. Thanks for sharing the article. I read that article before, but decide not to dig in. It tell the situation after Timor fell to the Japanese army. I think i would visit Timor again in the future to cover the Australian guerilla war.

[@damienkeewh43]

@@vectorhistoria7767 Okay I see I see. Still, thanks for your research and videos, looking forward to your next one:D

[@yosyahyadi2835]

Miss the 'old opening music'.. it sounds strong and powerful..

[@CAGProduction]

An amazing and very detailed video, Very Good, Great graphics and narration too

[@vascoapolonio2309]

So? No Portuguese death? I'm Portuguese and we don't learn this part of History in our Schools. Only get highlights. (Subscribed)

[@alexhatfield4448]

Interesting stuff dude. Work on your pronunciation and speak up alittle but you got this keep it up

[@vectorhistoria7767]

I will try my best

[@loszhor]

Love how you say the Japanese names!

[@davidbmason]

Thank you so much. I love your work.

[@aritrabanik2706]

What is the next video?

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Battle of Java Series

[@laszlohosszu17]

Completely agree. Excellent video.

[@muhammadzakuanmusa2696]

Can't wait for battle of Java sea!

[@encapsulatedslime]

Great video as always! Do we know what happened to the Portuguese convoy that made them not arrive on schedule? And where the convoy eventually went?

[@nilsbachellery6939]

They most likely were intercepted by the Japanese and sent back

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Good question! As far as i read, Mozambique troop ship turned back halfway when the Japanese refused safe conduct. This was occurred on Strait of Malacca, during the Japanese Invasion of Southern Sumatra.

[@bradley8575]

Portugal:I am saying out of this War my Colonies are Safe. Japan:Are you sure about that.

[@fabovondestory]

_hejj_ , quick question; what programm do you use?

[@vectorhistoria7767]

For animation, all had been done by using Adobe After Effects

[@fabovondestory]

@@vectorhistoria7767 oh, ok thanks

[@tjahajaharto8094]

after waiting for a year he have return lets hope the next battle will the the battle of java

[@michaelthomas7178]

It blows my mind how incompetent the British leader were. Time and time again they refused to consolidate their force's in this region. To bad many Americans lost their lives on account of their vasilations.

[@mohdazhari9465]

nice bro,your subcribe also increased from hundred value,to thousand,you deserve it

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Thank you so much 😀

[@salsaniggas8544]

Nice video

[@WgCdrLuddite]

Hurrah ! 79th LAA Battery actually gets a mention !

[@trevorharrington3800]

Download a copy of "Sparrow A Chronicle Of Defiance" by Grant McLachlan. His grandfather was a member of the 79th LAA. I too was pleased with the mention.

[@saya3562]

Suscribed and liked...keep up the good history work

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Thanks, will do!

[@dallastexas2641]

34:00 with headphones RIP my ears

[@vectorhistoria7767]

"Tennōheika Banzai" !!

[@nilsbachellery6939]

Haha

[@josephpercente8377]

Narrators should use past tense when talking about an event that has already happened for example if you are about a place that was taken you say captured which is past tense. To capture is as if it happening now, which is present tense.

[@jedi77palmer]

The 2/2nd were prepared and ready to disappear into the mountains, thats how they survived the overwhelming invasion.

[@KomradTM]

As a person who comes from Timor, I'm happy and proud because it tells us our history, which is ironically not told by people in our country.

[@willdavey1565]

Is there a difference between an Indonesian and a Timorese?

[@fabovondestory]

May like Germans and austrians or Us-americans and canadians

[@AR-bh3mn]

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[@fabovondestory]

Ah, _nice_ here we go again

[@gustlightfall]

You don't have to go fast forward when ever you speak Japanese hahaha, Great Work!

[@legumauililai9034]

Are there still names of East Timorese people who have helped the Australian troops against Japan? because at that time my grandfather, I joined the Australian Army against Japan. At that time, my grandfather was holding a gun. My grandfather's documents have all been guessed. So I want to find the names of East Timorese people who were with Australia against the Japanese troops

[@paulscottfilms]

Absolutely great. It was horrific to watch. The Japanese invasion was overwhelming and multi-faceted. I wonder what happened to the men who surrendered. I had known next to nothing about Japan in the war, now an entirely new research for me

[@trevorharrington3800]

Download a copy of "Sparrow A Chronicle Of Defiance" by Grant McLachlan. His grandfather was one of those men.

[@willdavey1565]

Most of them ended up as slave labour for the Japanese war machine and were treated like animals. Most never even made it home.

[@TOMARAKIC]

A lesson from all past wars: you NEVER surreder. You stand and fight to the end or retreat and fight another day. But no surrender

[@Zogerpogger]

@@TOMARAKIC Depending on who you're surrenduring to, it can be the difference between life and death. The ability to surrender and good treatment of POWs is covered by international law. I don't think we should look down on those who surrender.

[@susanconnelly9796]

Thank you for an interesting and detailed coverage. I have to comment though, that there are a couple of statements which are not quite correct. Portuguese Timor was under the control of Portugal from the 16th century, not the 19th. During WWII the Timorese people were not "Christian Indonesians". They were animist Timorese, with very little Malay influence in the population. Only 13% of Timorese were Christian in 1953, so probably less than that in 1942. They became Catholics mainly during the Indonesian occupation. The raids on Darwin (around 64 of them) were not to "distract" from anything. They were intended to knock out the infrastructure so the Allies couldn't use it. You rightly mention that at some stage. When the Australians and Dutch withdrew from Dili, they didn't go into "Dutch" territory. The Australians with Timorese help were so successful that the Japanese inserted thousands more troops, which may have been better used elsewhere, such as PNG. Australia was never under threat of invasion by Japan (although ordinary Australians were not aware of this at the time). The Japanese Navy had earlier mooted the idea, but the Army never agreed, as the place was too big and they didn't have the 10-15 divisions required for success. And the Australians and the few Dutch who were left were withdrawn in early 1943, but, as you rightly say, some were left to spy on Japanese positions and movements. I think your work is terrific really, but I think these items are important. The graphics you use are very instructive, and make it much easier to understand. I believe that the Timorese people have been very badly let down by Australia, because their terrific support has never been properly recognised. Yes, I know that towards the end of the year some went over to the Japanese, but that is not nearly as important as the months they fed, nursed, guided, carried equipment, and put themselves at great risk, making the Australians' job the singular success it was. When the Australians left, the Japanese reprisals and Allied bombing of Japanese positions caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Portuguese Timorese. The Australians on Portuguese Timor remained the only viable fighting force in South East Asia, and that was overwhelmingly due to the friendship of the Timorese people.

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Thank you for you time, i'am very appreciated this very long yet full of knowledge comment from yours. Yes, i agreed that most Timorese stats were made after WW2 end. It is hard to find these stat before the WW2, but i should have tried harder. Raid on Darwin have a lots of objectives. One of them was to prevent the ABDA from threatening the landing on timor. You're correct, Australia was never under threat, but the same cannot be said to Australia high command, who thinks that the invasion of Australia was a possible (the Japanese was superior on every coner at that period).

[@verrelpratama900]

Muslim indonesian /christian indonesian? What are u talking about, are u sure about using that term. I’m pretty sure most of timorese west or east were animist during this time, even not until Indonesian administration did the east timorese mostly become catholic.

[@Lusitani74]

In what comes to portuguese Timor, although the oficial religion was catholicism, there was a mix of catholicism and animism. I suppose dutch Timor was pretty much the same.

[@awol354]

A little interest in what is read shines through.

[@raadhafidh]

Do one on the Battle of Java Sea Please

[@JCResDoc94]

☼ *12:40** knowing you couldnt trust the4 Brits, a pragmatic reserve plan aws made independantly*

[@christianusariewisnuwijaya9096]

At 2.40 Are you sure that there were 400,000 Islamic Indonesian in West Timor? The majority of West Timorese are Protestant and Catholic. I think that it will be more correct to just label them as Indonesian.

[@vectorhistoria7767]

That information was gather from "World War 2: Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-military Study" back on 1941. Weather it was right or wrong, you tell me.

[@christianusariewisnuwijaya9096]

@@vectorhistoria7767 Seems like the study made a generalization on Indonesian population as Muslim. Eastern Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, Papua, North Sulawesi, a large portion of North Sumatra, and the majority of Kalimantan interior are predominantly Christian since at least between 100 and 200 years ago. Great job anyway, I like all your videos.

[@silence6605]

Do you plan on ever doing the Japanese invasion of Burma?

[@halojump123]

I like ur Michele obama thumbnail.

[@faizathallahbiantoro5991]

How you can make this video?

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Mostly by Using Adobe After Effects.

[@faizathallahbiantoro5991]

@@vectorhistoria7767 do you use pc?

[@vectorhistoria7767]

@@faizathallahbiantoro5991 Yes, actually just a laptop. Planning to build a PC later.

[@joaogarciaamaral3464]

My beloved country ❤️

[@robertferguson2468]

Too any commercials

[@oscararetas5777]

who can i make a video like this guys? help

[@imanuelmore]

a minor correction, both west and east Timor are Christian majority

[@eugeniocapelli9316]

Yes end East Timor hare not Cristian Indonesian, They hare Cristian CATTOLIC PORTOGUESE

[@desipindanale7465]

You also vidio on fall of christmas island ww2

[@leexingha]

Japan to Portugal: remain neutral and i shall leave you intact Portugal to Japan: **acting high and mighty** ignores Japan and believed its fellow westerners could repel the invader Great Britain to Portugal: bro, help us! Portugal to Great Britain: yeah, bro! lets whoop some arrogant ass Japan to Portugal: fool! you chose the wrong side Japan dominated them all...

[@Lusitani74]

Because of the Anglo-Portuguese alliance of 1373 ...nothing to do with arrogance.

[@reieben886]

Portuguese governoor in timor remains neutral until the end of the war, the occupation of Dilli by allied is against the will of portuguese government, but since portuguese civillians and portuguese timorese welcomed them the government choose to not take any action instead they proclaim themselves prisoner of war to preserve the appearance of neutrality

[@nilsbachellery6939]

@Percy Harry Hotspur i don't know the state of the portugese army in the 40's so i wont try and guess for the indian settlement of gao, but as for the Mozambique force it was intercepted and sent back around Sumatra most likely

[@benwilson6145]

I must have missed a part of the story. I did not see Portugal invade Japan? I only saw Japan invade Timor.

[@luisgoncalosilva6194]

Did you watched the video, Japan attacked Portuguese Timor because of the Dutch-Australian occupation.

[@gaestroorly4668]

I have family in Kupang. I don't know that there was a great battle there 👍

[@vectorhistoria7767]

Yes it was

[@halojump123]

@@vectorhistoria7767 13 Óclock should be 13 hundred, 14 hundred, 15 hundred, 16 hundred......

[@mihovilraboteg6160]

It would take americans months to take islands of this size and japanese took em,or most of em, in matter of days. Its also weird that australians and americans just let the japanese sail basically in their back yard unharassed

[@nigelkelly8016]

The Australian Ambon force should of went to Wast Timor

[@markgarin6355]

'actively acting if the situation dictated it'....is reactive.

[@user-lz9wy6kw1c]

Not Rikungun, it's 陸軍(Riku gun). 陸(Riku)＝Land 軍(Gun)＝Army

[@nilsbachellery6939]

Dômo Arigatô sir ! I'll note this for further application, could you tell me how to say the army&navy air services too? (+etymology please)

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Yes please? *(as NILS Bachellery question)

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@@nilsbachellery6939 @Vector Histotia Navy is 海軍 (かいぐん)(Kai Gun) 海(kai) is ''sea''.

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