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BORNEO. 1942-12-08. DURING THE RETREAT CLOUDS OF BLACK SMOKE FROM THE LUTONG REFINERY, IT WAS DEMOLISHED UNDER THE DUTCH SCORCHED EARTH POLICY.
BORNEO. 1942-12-08. DURING THE RETREAT CLOUDS OF BLACK SMOKE FROM THE LUTONG REFINERY, IT WAS DEMOLISHED UNDER THE DUTCH SCORCHED EARTH POLICY. BECAUSE THE TANKS WERE EMPTY AT THE TIME THEY HAD TO BE
BAKRI, MALAYA, 1942-01-15. SCORCHED EARTH POLICY IN FAR EAST. SMOKE FROM A BURNING RUBBER PLANTATION SET ON FIRE BEFORE THE BRITISH WITHDRAWAL IN MALAYA.
SCORCHED EARTH POLICY IN SOURABAYA. THE DUTCH BOTTLED HARBOUR ENTRANCES WITH SUNKEN SHIPS.
KOKODA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12-22. THE REMAINS OF A PLANTER'S HOME DESTROYED IN A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY CARRIED OUT BY RETREATING JAPANESE FORCES NEAR KOKODA.
A MATILDA 'FROG' FLAMETHROWER TANK OF 2/1 ARMOURED RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENT DURING AN ATTACK ON THE OIL REFINERY. CLOUDS OF BLACK SMOKE BILLOW UP IN THE BACKGROUND.
BULOLO, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-17. NATIVES SEWING UP BAGS IN FRONT OF THE WAU POWER STATION. THIS POWER STATION WAS WRECKED DURING THE WAU CAMPAIGN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCORCHED EARTH POLICY. THE NATIV
