Context: The was the historical Japanese nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan., The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface). It is bounded by Asia on the north, on the west by Africa, on the east by Australia, and on the south by the Southern Ocean or, depending on definition, by Antarctica. It is named after the country of India. The Indian Ocean is known as "Ratnkara", ""the mine of gems"" in ancient Sanskrit literature, and as "Hind Mahsgar", ""the great Indian sea"", in Hindi., The Battle of Timor occurred in Portuguese Timor and Dutch Timor during the Second World War . Japanese forces invaded the island on 20 February 1942 and were resisted by a small , under - equipped force of Allied military personnel -- known as Sparrow Force -- predominantly from Australia , United Kingdom , and the Netherlands East Indies . Following a brief but stout resistance , the Japanese succeeded in forcing the surrender of the bulk of the Allied force after three days of fighting , although several hundred Australian commandos continued to wage an unconventional raiding campaign . They were resupplied by aircraft and vessels , based mostly in Darwin , Australia , about 650 km ( 400 mi ) to the southeast , across the Timor Sea . During the subsequent fighting the Japanese suffered heavy casualties , but they were eventually able to contain the Australians . The campaign lasted until 10 February 1943 , when the final remaining Australians were evacuated , making them the last Allied land forces to leave South East Asia following the Japanese offensives of 1941 -- 42 . As a result , an entire Japanese division was tied up on Timor for more than six months , preventing its deployment elsewhere . Although Portugal was not a combatant , many East Timorese civilians and Portuguese European colonists fought with the Allies , or provided them with food , shelter and other assistance . Some Timorese continued a resistance campaign following the Australian withdrawal . For this , they paid a heavy price and tens of thousands of Timorese civilians died as a result of the Japanese occupation , which lasted until the end of the war in 1945 ., The Arafura Sea lies west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea., East Timor or Timor-Leste (Tetum: "Timór Lorosa'e"), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor; the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco; and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island surrounded by Indonesian West Timor. The country's size is about 15,410 km (5,400 sq mi)., Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor, on the eastern part, and Indonesia, on the western part. The Indonesian part, also known as West Timor, constitutes part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Within West Timor lies an exclave of East Timor called Oecusse District. The island covers an area of . The name is a variant of "timur", Malay for "east"; it is so called because it lies at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands., Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area is Sydney., The Dutch East Indies (or Netherlands East Indies; ) was a Dutch colony. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800., The Timor Sea is a relatively shallow sea bounded to the north by the island of Timor, to the east by the Arafura Sea, to the south by Australia and to the west by the Indian Ocean., World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nationsincluding all of the great powerseventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history., Sparrow Force was a detachment based on the 2/40th Australian Infantry Battalion and other British 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.
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In December 1941, the Dutch requested that Australian forces be sent to both Koepang and Ambon under provisions that had been agreed to in a conference at Singapore earlier in the year. That plan, entitled "Plans for the employment of naval and air forces of the associated powers in the eastern theatre in the event of war with Japan" (Plenaps), had already resulted in the disposition of forces, including some U.S. fleet movements, as early as November 1941. Initially, Australian plans were to send forces only to Koepang with the resulting order to embark the force at Darwin, designated "Sparrow," on 7 December 1941 using the transport and the armed cruiser HMAS "Westralia", which were available in the port. The decision to exclude Ambon was quickly changed with 1,090 troops designated "Gull Force" sent to Ambon from Darwin on 14 December using three Dutch merchant ships., Portuguese Timor was the name of East Timor when it was under Portuguese control between 1702 and 1975. During most of this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the Dutch East Indies., Subject: battle of timor, Relation: part_of, Options: (A) africa (B) asia (C) australia (D) battalion (E) company (F) constitution (G) country (H) division (I) empire (J) event (K) government (L) human (M) india (N) islands (O) japanese (P) malay (Q) name (R) ocean (S) pacific ocean (T) portuguese (U) sea (V) sovereign state (W) state (X) the holocaust (Y) timor sea (Z) transport ([) war (\) world war ii (]) year
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