Japan Empire vs ANZAC forces in WW2. Battle of Ambon.
Part 3. "Sparrow force".
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Voice acting by:
Paul Nicholson
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yorboinick (instagram name)
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Sparrow Force a commando unit under Major Alexander Spence consisted of around 1,400 men.
By the end of February, the Japanese controlled most of Dutch Timor and the area around Dili in the northeast. However, the Australians remained in the south and east of the island. The 2/2nd Independent Company was specially trained for commandostyle, stay behind operations and it had its own engineers and signallers, although it lacked heavy weapons and vehicles. The commandos were hidden throughout the mountains of Portuguese Timor, and they commenced raids against the Japanese, assisted by Timorese guides, native carriers and mountain ponies.

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