Chronology of World War II

Monday, July 2nd


Vickers Machine Gun Position


Vickers Machine Gun Position
Australian infantrymen of the 18th Brigade, 7th Division fire a Vickers machine gun at Japanese positions after the Allied amphibious landings at Balikpapan (Operation Oboe Two) during the Second Battle of Balikpapan. Near Balikpapan, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies (now, Balikpapan, Borneo, East Kalimantan, Indonesia). July 2, 1945