Battle of the Java Sea

When

27 Feb 1942

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

5.00° S, 111.00° E

Description

1942 naval battle on the Pacific campaign of WWII, in present-day western Indonesia

Naval

yes

War

World War II

1942 naval battle on the Pacific campaign of WWII

The Battle of the Java Sea was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Java Sea: An allied (ABDA) task force of 14 vessels under Dutch command, trying to stem a Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim japanischen Sieg in der Schlacht in der Javasee wird die aus US-amerikanischen, britischen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite navale alliée à la première bataille de la mer de Java”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “スラバヤ沖海戦 （〜2月28日）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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