BIOGRAPHIES
The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942
The Biographies section includes short biographies and in some cases also photos of Dutch, British, Australian, American and Japanese high ranking officers-generals and admirals, who played a significant role during the Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942. If you have any comments, remarks, corrections or wish to contribute some biographical information, please contact the webmaster.
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the Netherlands
� Lieutenant-General Hein Ter Poorten
� Lieutenant-General Gerardus J. Berenschot
� Major-General Jacob J. Pesman
� Major-General Wijbrandus Schilling
� Major-General Pierre A. Cox
� Major-General Gustav A. Ilgen
� Major-General Tjalling Bakker
� Major-General Roelof T. Overakker
� Air Force Lieutenant-General Ludolph H. van Oyen
� Vice-Admiral Conrad E. L. Helfrich
� Rear-Admiral Karel W. F. M. Doorman
� Rear-Admiral Johan J. A. van Staveren
� Rear-Admiral Gerhard W. St�ve
� Rear-Admiral Pieter Koenraad
Australia
� Brigadier Arthur S. Blackburn
� Commodore John A. Collins
United States of America
� Major-General J. F. Barnes
� Air Force Lieutenant-General George H. Brett
� Air Force Major-General Lewis H. Brereton
� Admiral Thomas C. Hart
� Rear-Admiral William R. Purnell
� Rear-Admiral William A. Glassford, Jr.
United Kingdom
� General Sir Archibald P. Wavell
� Lieutenant-General Arthur E. Percival
� Lieutenant-General Sir Henry R. Pownall
� Major-General Sir Hervey D. W. Sitwell
� Major-General Sir Ian S. Playfair
� Air Chief Marshall Sir Richard E. C. Peirse
� Air Vice Marshall Sir Paul (Copeland) Maltby
� Group Captain Sir Lawrence Darvall
� Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur F. E. Palliser
Imperial Japanese Army
� Lieutenant-General Hitoshi Imamura
� Lieutenant-General Masao Maruyama
� Major-General Kiyotake Kawaguchi
� Major-General Shizuo Sakaguchi
� Major-General Takeo Ito
� Major-General Yuitsu Tsuchihashi
� Colonel Toshishige Shoji
Imperial Japanese Navy
� Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
� Vice-Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa
� Vice-Admiral Ibo Takahashi
� Vice-Admiral Nobutake Kondo
� Vice-Admiral Nishio Tsukahara
� Rear-Admiral Takeo Takagi
� Rear-Admiral Shoji Nishimura
� Rear-Admiral Takeo Kurita
� Rear-Admiral Raizo Tanaka
� Rear-Admiral Kyuji Kubo
� Rear-Admiral Ruitaro Fujita
� Rear-Admiral Shintaro Hashimoto
� Rear-Admiral Sueto Hirose
� Rear-Admiral Kenzaburo Hara
� Rear-Admiral Kakaji Kakuta
� Rear-Admiral Kouichiro Hatakeyama
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