battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Banjarmasin

Name: Battle of Banjarmasin
Location: Banjarmasin, Indonesia

Battle of Banjarmasin was a battle fought in 1942 at Banjarmasin, in what is now Indonesia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Banjarmasin. The recorded result: Japanese victory. Recorded strength: 500 against 1,000.

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The first KNILM flight to the airfield Oelin near Bandjermasin, Kalimantan. S. Steenhuisen (Fotograaf/photographer)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought1942

WhereBanjarmasin, Indonesia3.314S, 114.592E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeJapanese victory

BelligerentsNetherlandsagainstEmpire of Japan

Record

Date	1942 (year precision)
Place	Banjarmasin, Indonesia 3.314S, 114.592E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	500	1,000
Casualties and losses	Troops deserted, evacuated to Java, or surrendered later on	9 killed or died from sickness; 80% (ca. 800) stricken with Malaria

Placed at Banjarmasin; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Balikpapan 1942, 338 km NE
Battle of Balikpapan 1945, 338 km NE
Operation Crimson 1944, 406 km E
Battle of the Java Sea 1942, 440 km SW
Action of 10 November 1944 1944, 441 km S

Elsewhere in 1942

Battle of Banjarmasin is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 106 in present-day Indonesia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q88664721, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Banjarmasin, revision 1370433289, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.