Abstract
The Borneo operations of 1945 – codenamed Oboe – were the largest and most complex conducted by the Australian Military Forces (AMF) during the Second World War. 1 They involved the projection of I Australian Corps, a range of supporting units and headquarters, and the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) 1st Tactical Air Force (1 TAF) – over 100,000 personnel – 6,000 kilometres from mainland Australia, the establishment of an advanced base on the remote Halmahera island of Morotai, and nine amphibious landings across three areas of operation separated by over 2,000 kilometres.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Orchestrating Warfighting |
| Subtitle of host publication | A History of the British Army’s Corps and Divisions at War since 1914 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Pages | 374-416 |
| Number of pages | 43 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781040111925 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780367515577 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |