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- Die Sparrow Force (deutsch Spatzen-Streitkräfte) war ein Militärverband unter australischer Führung, aus Truppen des 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion und weiterer Einheiten der Australian 8th Division, die während des Pazifikkrieges in der Schlacht um Timor eingesetzt wurden. Ihre Aufgabe war zunächst die Verteidigung der Insel Timor gegen die Invasion durch das Kaiserreich Japan, später die Bindung japanischer Kräfte auf der Insel durch Guerillataktik. (de)
- Sparrow Force was a detachment based on the 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion and other Dutch, British, US and Australian 8th Division units during World War II. The force was formed to defend the island of Timor from invasion by the Empire of Japan. It formed the main part of the Allied units in the Battle of Timor. The force began deploying in late 1941, and following Japan's entry into the war, it was drawn into the fighting in response to the Japanese invasion of Portuguese and Dutch Timor in February 1942. After heavy fighting around Irekum, the main element of the force – the 2/40th – were forced to surrender on 23 February 1942; however, elements of the force, specifically commandos from the 2/2nd Independent Company, supported by the local population, continued a guerilla campaign and inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese until August, when the Japanese launched a counter-offensive. Despite reinforcements from the 2/4th Independent Company arriving in September 1942, the Japanese offensive eventually resulted in the withdrawal of Allied troops over the period December 1942 to January 1943, with the commandos being withdrawn by sea. Sparrow Force personnel who were captured during the fighting were sent to Japanese labour camps across south-east Asia, and between 1942 and 1945, many died in captivity. (en)
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- East Timor
- (+ 152 joined from West Timor)
- 2/1st Heavy Battery – 132
- 2/2nd Ind. Co.– 282
- 2/40 Inf. Bn. AIF– 944
- 79 LAA Bty RA– 189
- Attached units – 305
- Total – 1852
- West Timor
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- "They Alone Did Not Surrender"
- – Winston Churchill
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- Sparrow Force cap badges and unit patches (en)
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- 12 (xsd:integer)
- 16 (xsd:integer)
- 21 (xsd:integer)
- 29 (xsd:integer)
- 47 (xsd:integer)
- 63 (xsd:integer)
- 128 (xsd:integer)
- 368 (xsd:integer)
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- (en)
- Wounded (en)
- Executed (en)
- Killed in action (en)
- Illness (en)
- Total Casualties (en)
- Missing presumed dead (en)
- * Burma-Siam
* Japan
* Malaya/Singapore
* Java, Sumatra
* Australia
Hellship Drowning (en)
- * 72
* 33
* 5
* 14
* 4
120 (en)
- Service related accidents (en)
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- Sparrow Force Casualties (en)
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- Australia (en)
- United Kingdom (en)
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- Force Hill, West Timor (en)
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- – Winston Churchill (en)
- "They Alone Did Not Surrender" (en)
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- Frustrate enemy advance (en)
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- 2 (xsd:integer)
- 79 (xsd:integer)
- East Timor (en)
- West Timor (en)
- (en)
- Attached units – 305 (en)
- Total – 1852 (en)
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- Die Sparrow Force (deutsch Spatzen-Streitkräfte) war ein Militärverband unter australischer Führung, aus Truppen des 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion und weiterer Einheiten der Australian 8th Division, die während des Pazifikkrieges in der Schlacht um Timor eingesetzt wurden. Ihre Aufgabe war zunächst die Verteidigung der Insel Timor gegen die Invasion durch das Kaiserreich Japan, später die Bindung japanischer Kräfte auf der Insel durch Guerillataktik. (de)
- Sparrow Force was a detachment based on the 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion and other Dutch, British, US and Australian 8th Division units during World War II. The force was formed to defend the island of Timor from invasion by the Empire of Japan. It formed the main part of the Allied units in the Battle of Timor. (en)
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- Sparrow Force (de)
- Sparrow Force (en)
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