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. Stφve
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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