In 1943, Mount Kinabalu Anti-Japanese guerillas led by Guo Yinan (Kuok Aik Nam) in British North Borneo seized Jesselton and killed more than 60 Japanese soldiers.

• 1943年，英属北婆罗洲成立以郭益南为首的“神山游击队”，曾一度攻占亚庇城，歼灭日军60多人。