This performance may have resulted from the low morale prevalent in many units and the 'Morotai Mutiny' disrupting 1 TAF's leadership. As with the rest of the Borneo campaign, the Australian operations on Tarakan remain controversial. Debate continues over whether the campaign was a meaningless "sideshow", or whether it was justified in the context of the planned operations to both invade Japan and liberate the rest of the Netherlands East Indies, which were both scheduled to begin in 1946. The Australian official historian Gavin Long's judgement that "the results achieved did not justify the cost of the Tarakan operation" is in accordance with the generally held view on the battle. Notes See also Naval Base Borneo Operation Semut Operation Agas Western New Guinea campaign US Naval Advance Bases References Further reading External links Operations instructions no 99, Tarakan Island, March 1945 Tarakan 1945 Tarakan Tarakan 1945 Tarakan 1945 Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies Borneo campaign May 1945 events in Asia June 1945 events in Asia 1945 in the Dutch East Indies History of North Kalimantan Tarakan