Battle of Balikpapan

Battle of Balikpapan may refer to two actions in the Pacific campaign of World War II:

Battle of Balikpapan (1942), in which American destroyers damaged a Japanese troop convoy in the Makassar Strait near Balikpapan on January 24, 1942 and the Japanese captured Balikpapan
Battle of Balikpapan (1945), in which Allied forces recaptured the area, July 7 – July 21, 1945

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