Battle of Manado

Battle of Manado
Part of World War II, Pacific War, Dutch East Indies Campaign
Japanese paratroopers dropping over Langoan Airfield.
Date 11–12 January 1942 (Last guerrilla pocket captured 9 August 1942) Location Manado, Celebes Island Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Netherlands	Japan
Commanders and leaders
B.F.A. Schilmöller   (surrendered 23 March)	Raizō Tanaka Kunizō Mori Toyoaki Horiuchi
Strength
1,500 infantry	3,200 naval infantry[1] 507 paratroopers[2]
Casualties and losses
140 killed 48 captured	44 killed[3] 244 wounded[3][4]

The Battle of Manado took place as part of the Japanese offensive to capture the Dutch East Indies. It occurred at Manado (also spelled Menado) on the Minahasa Peninsula on the northern part of Celebes Island (modern day Sulawesi in Indonesia), from 11–12 January 1942. The battle was noted as the first time in Japanese history that the country had deployed paratroopers in a military operation.