<prompt> Go tšwela pele ga serapa se - Go gatela pele ga Majapane kua Pacific go ile gwa emišwa mathomong a 1943, ke madira a Australia kua New Guinea le madira a Amerika kua Guadalcanal, ka morago ga moo Mašole ao a Kopanego a ile a hlasela, a gatela pele go phatša New Guinea le Dihlakahlaka tša Solomon go ya Philippines. Go theoša le 1944, Mašole ao a Kopanego a ile a thoma go rulaganya go thopa Borneo gape. Ntlo-kgolo ya Mašole a General Douglas MacArthur a South West Pacific Area e be e ikarabela ka go rulaganya lesolo, eupša ka baka la boikgafo bja mašole a US go thopa gape Philippines, mošomo wa go thopa gape Borneo o ile wa abelwa kudu go mašole a naga a Australia. Ditirelo tša Malekane kua Borneo di be di akaretša go kotama kua Tarakan, Labuan  <response>: , le Balikpapan. Mathomong, MacArthur o be a rerile go diriša Borneo e le motheo wa go thopa Java gape, eupša ka morago modiro wo o ile wa fedišwa gomme boikarabelo bja Netherlands East Indies bja fetišetšwa go South East Asia Command yeo e bego e eteletšwe pele ke Brithania. Nakong ya ge go be go rulaganywa, molaodi wa Madira a Sešole a Australia, e lego Molaodi Thomas Blamey o ile a kgothaletša gore go se ke gwa namelwa sekepe kua Balikpapan, ka ge a be a dumela gore se se be se ka se thuše morero wa tša bohlabani. Ka morago ga go naganišiša ka mo go tseneletšego, Mmušo wa Australia o ile wa dumela go nea madira bakeng sa modiro wo. Bahlankedi ba Mašole a Kopanego a Mašole a Amerika le bona ba be ba na le dipelaelo mabapi le bohlokwa bja leano la go šoma, eupša go ya ka radihistori Garth Pratten, MacArthur o ile a laola Mmušo wa Australia le Bahlankedi ba Mašole a Kopanego gore ba dumelelane le go thopša ga Balikpapan. Go ya ka radihistori Chris Coulthard-Clark, morero o boletšwego wa lesolo le e be e le go šireletša boema-kepe le mafelo a oli a tikologong le go hloma motheo woo go wona go ka thongwago lesolo la nakong e tlago. Go oketša moo, taolo ya mmušo ya Netherlands East Indies e be e tla tsošološwa. 