012192
Photograph 012192 Second World War, 1939-1945SCORCHED EARTH POLICY IN SOURABAYA. BUILDINGS AROUND THE HARBOUR WERE LEFT BLAZING.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
SCORCHED EARTH POLICY IN SOURABAYA. THE DUTCH BOTTLED HARBOUR ENTRANCES WITH SUNKEN SHIPS.
SCORCHED EARTH POLICY IN SOURABAYA. BUILDINGS AROUND THE HARBOUR WERE LEFT BLAZING.

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.

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.

NEW GUINEA. THE JAPANESE CARRIED OUT A SCORCHED EARTH POLICY BEFORE THEY LEFT KOKODA. THIS IS THE REMAINS OF A PLANTER'S HOME NEAR KOKODA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SILK).
