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Operation Kingfisher was an operation planned to rescue Allied prisoners of war from Japanese captivity in Borneo towards the end of the Second World War . The operation did not come to fruition and almost 2,500 POWs died during the Sandakan Death Marches .[1] [2] [3]
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Timor, Sundas and Java
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Operation Lizard (1942–43)
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Operation Adder (1944)
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Operation Hornet (1944)
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Operation Louse (1944, abandoned)
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Operation Sunfish (1945)
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Operation Blackbird (1945, abandoned)
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Operation Brim (1945)
Operation Pigeon (1945, abandoned)
Operation Suncob (1945)
Operation Salmon (1945)
Operation Carp (1945, abandoned)
Operation Cod (1945, abandoned)
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Operation Binatang (1945)
Operation Anchovy (1945, abandoned)
Operation Groper (1945)
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New Guinea
Salamaua Raid (1942)
Heath's Farm Raid (1942)
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Operation Cockroach (1942, abandoned)
Operation Beetle (1942)
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Operation Wasp (1942, abandoned)
Operation Tick (1942)
Operation Bug (1942)
Operation Locust (1943)
Operation Oaktree (1942–44)
Operation Whiting (1943)
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Operation Mosstroops (1943)
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Borneo Celebes and Moluccas
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Operation Opossum (1945)
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Operation Rimau (1944–45)
Operation Politician-Optican
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Operation Sabre (1945)
Operation Apple (1945)
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Operation Pine Needle
Operation Trout
Operation Shark
Operation Carrot
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Operation Bream
Operation Robin
Operation Stallion
Mission 204 (or "Tulip Force") (1942–43)
Operation Source (1943)
Operation Guidance (1944)
Proposed Other Netherlands East Indies
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