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[31 Oct 2010 | 14 Comments | 4,873 views]
Exclusive: Japanese Flag used in Tawau during WWII Found in Australia!

When we published the post on Liberation of Tawau from the Japanese a few months ago, it had attracted a lot of attention worldwide. Interestingly, a gentleman from Australia named Peter O’Brien contacted us and told us that he has a Japanese flag which he acquired from a collector.

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[25 May 2010 | 18 Comments | 4,410 views]
Liberation of Tawau from the Japanese (Part 2 of 5)

When the first part of this series was posted last weekend, we were so surprised by the amount of responses we received. It is by far our most popular article on this website.

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[24 Mar 2010 | One Comment | 3,715 views]
Japanese Occupation of Tawau in 1942

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