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on a small portion of the enemy and, by crippling him locally, finished by killing the entire animal. The
Japanese spread their tentacles cautiously, never extending beyond the range of land-based aircraft unless they had carrier support. The distance of each advance was determined by the radius of fighter planes under their control. This range was generally less than 400 miles, but the Japanese made these short hops in surprisingly rapid succession. Amphibious operations, preceded by air strikes and covered by air power developed with terrifying regularity. Before the Allies had consolidated a new position, they were confronted with a system of air bases from which enemy aircraft operated on their front, flanks and even rear.
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Netherlands "accepts the challenge and takes up arms against the
Japanese Empire." Instructions had been telegraphed to the embassy in Tokyo at 02:30, even before news of the attack on Pearl Harbor had reached the Dutch government in London at 04:00. The instructions were only received on the evening of the next day, and the declaration of war was finally handed to the Japanese foreign minister,
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and air counterattacks, but the defending Dutch battalions were overrun. By 28 January, the
Japanese had taken control of the airfields at Balikpapan, and their aircraft were operating from them. By the end of January, Japanese forces had captured parts of the Celebes and Dutch Borneo, and by February they had landed on
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Japanese were using Tarakan airfield as a forward airbase by 17 January, and Balikpapan was captured a week later. However, the Dutch garrisons had destroyed the oil fields before they were captured by the Japanese in both cases. Several Japanese vessels were destroyed or damaged by Allied naval
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Japanese advance resembled the insidious yet irresistible clutching of multiple tentacles. Like some vast octopus it relied on strangling many small points rather than concentration on a vital organ. No one arm attempted to meet the entire strength of the ABDA fleet. Each fastened
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in 1946, it was argued that her attitude towards the
Netherlands proved otherwise, since the Dutch had declared war first. The tribunal rejected this, on the grounds that Japan's sole intention was "to give less time to the Netherlands for destroying oil wells." They found that the Netherlands'
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Netherlands Indies was never calculated to wage war single-handed against the Japanese empire. For such purposes it is, to begin with, entirely inadequate... Our troops have suffered heavy losses, because of the impossibility of protecting them against the enemy's air
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Netherlands declared war on Japan. By 07:00 on the day of the attack, the East Indies government had warned merchantmen at sea to make for the nearest port. At that hour, the governor general made a public announcement over the radio that the
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was mobilised. On 4 December, three days after having decided on a policy of war against
America, Britain and the Netherlands, the Japanese government decided instead to "treat the Netherlands as a quasi enemy until actual hostilities ... occur." This was in the hope that the Dutch would not
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The East Indies was one of Japan's primary targets if and when it went to war because the colony possessed abundant valuable resources, the most important of which were its rubber plantations and oil fields; the colony was the fourth-largest exporter of oil in the world, behind the U.S.,
2748:, broke its economic treaty with Japan and joined the embargo in August. Japan's military and economic reserves included only a year and a half's worth of oil. As a U.S. declaration of war against Japan was feared if the latter took the East Indies, the Japanese planned to eliminate the
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Records for an accurate count of how many killed, wounded, and captured from the 24 sunken ships were not available due to the destruction of the fleet. Many of the ships' crewmen were captured by the
Japanese and the fate of the lost ships were unknown for many
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Even the combined forces could not stop or even slow the Japanese advance because of their much greater numbers; to face the attacking naval forces, the ABDA command had a conglomerate of ships drawn from any available units, which included the
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forces attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands. The East Indies were targeted by the Japanese for their rich oil resources which would become a vital asset during the war. The campaign and subsequent three-and-a-half-year
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at the conclusion of World War II. Most of the Japanese military personnel and civilian colonial administrators were repatriated to Japan following the war, except for several hundred who were detained for investigations of
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as the air commander. Although the forces were combined, they had differing priorities: the British believed the defense of the territory of Singapore and the eastern entrances to the Indian Ocean (the route to
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between 15 December 1941 and 19 January 1942. After these main objectives in Borneo were achieved, the Japanese planned a three-pronged assault southward using three forces named Eastern Force,
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Access to oil was the main goal of the Japanese war effort, as Japan has no native source of oil; it could not even produce enough to meet even 10% of its needs, even with the extraction of
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The Dutch declaration did not alter the Japanese decision, and the latter's declaration of war did not come until 11 January 1942. When Japan was charged with waging a "
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was successfully waged for a time. The ABDA command was dissolved 1 March, less than two months after its inception, by Admiral
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2752:, allowing them to take over the islands; this led to the
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3953:. Australian War Memorial. 1997–2009. Archived from
3629:. Australian War Memorial. 1997–2009. Archived from
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4056:Japanese recounts role fighting to free Indonesia
3623:"The Netherlands East Indies and the Pacific War"
3340:"Chapter 10: Loss of the Netherlands East Indies"
2931:as naval commander, the Dutch Lieutenant General
4275:The Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War
4133:The Rising Sun in the Pacific; 1931 – April 1942
2829:. On 17 December 1941 Japanese forces landed at
2798:International Military Tribunal for the Far East
3654:"Geology and Resources of Some World Oil-Shale"
3315:, Cambridge; Cambridge University Press, p. 87.
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3458:The Invasion of the Dutch East Indies
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3587:The Way to Pearl Harbor: US vs Japan
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3478:"World War II: The Defensive Phase"
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4296:. London: Grub Street Publishing.
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3416:from the original on 16 April 2021
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3350:from the original on 7 April 2010
2815:Southern Expeditionary Army Group
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3728:Reynolds, Paul (20 April 2004).
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4131:Morison, Samuel Eliot (1948).
3688:Worth Jr. (1995), pp. 4 and 66
3194:Indonesian National Revolution
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4408:1941 in the Dutch East Indies
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3912:Morison (1948), pp. 281–282
3549:ICE Case Studies Number 118
3446:Morison (1948), pp. 275–276
3223:Battle of Balikpapan (1942)
3121:guerrilla campaign in Timor
3096:and encouraged a revolt in
1153:Dutch East Indies (1941–42)
1110:Strategic bombing (1944–45)
4444:
4201:. Grub Street Publishing.
4182:. Grub Street Publishing.
3764:Hubertus Johannes van Mook
3207:Battle of Borneo (1941–42)
3176:
2602:Dutch East Indies campaign
2263:Dutch East Indies campaign
1433:Dutch East Indies campaign
1302:Volcano and Ryukyu Islands
35:Dutch East Indies campaign
4418:Campaigns of World War II
4254:Krancher, Jan A. (2003).
4139:. Boston: Little, Brown.
4087:The Far Eastern Quarterly
3292:Battle of Timor (1942–43)
3258:Battle of Makassar Strait
2991:), seven light cruisers (
2821:under command of General
2776:were sent to sea and the
2738:Dutch government-in-exile
2616:in the early days of the
2234:
1618:
1441:
918:
571:
486:
474:193 tanks & tankettes
441:
230:
110:
62:
51:
39:
4216:Drea, Edward J. (1998).
3218:Battle of Tarakan (1942)
2744:and with the support of
2480:Neutralisation of Rabaul
2346:Solomon Islands campaign
1886:South Africa (1659-1677)
1881:New Netherland (1659–63)
1816:New Netherland (1643–45)
1389:Second Sino-Japanese War
1229:Estevan Point Lighthouse
984:Indian Ocean (1941–1945)
935:Marshalls–Gilberts raids
476:2,017 guns & mortars
4235:Kelly, Terence (2008).
3703:Naval Historical Center
3551:. American University.
3263:Battle of Badung Strait
3200:Battles of the campaign
3045:, the seaplane tenders
2977:), two heavy cruisers (
2958:fall of the Philippines
2872:and move on to capture
2740:, at the urging of the
1656:Banda Islands (1609–21)
991:Japanese merchant raids
823:Nauru and Ocean Islands
3984:Morison (1948), p. 377
3975:Morison (1948), p. 375
3903:Morison (1948), p. 278
3894:Morison (1948), p. 277
3843:Morison (1948), p. 191
3786:Ken'ichi Goto (2003),
3652:Dyni, John R. (2006).
3585:, with 3,369 kt. See:
3526:Morison (1948), p. 280
3281:Battle of Sunda Strait
3269:Battle of the Java Sea
3164:
3088:
2904:
2774:Royal Netherlands Navy
2754:attack on Pearl Harbor
1861:2nd Recife (1652-1654)
1290:Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1134:Burma and India (1944)
957:Gilberts and Marshalls
511:1 coastal defense ship
256:A. T. van Starkenborgh
231:Commanders and leaders
4159:Burton, John (2006).
4023:Vickers (2005), p. 87
3369:George McTurnan Kahin
3287:Battle of Java (1942)
3240:Battle of Banjarmasin
2902:
2730:Franklin D. Roosevelt
1948:Sri Lanka (1764-1766)
1896:Sri Lanka (1670-1670)
1200:Philippines (1944–45)
1158:Philippines (1941–42)
562:Japanese offensives,
487:Casualties and losses
455:40,000 Dutch regulars
4354:Womack, Tom (2006).
4197:Cull, Brian (2008).
4178:Cull, Brian (2004).
4071:, Sep 9, 2009, p. 3.
4032:Kahin (1952), p. 101
3859:The Second World War
2686:along with the four
2458:New Britain campaign
2110:Gold Coast (1869–70)
1741:Liuqiu Island (1636)
1671:Pescadores (1622–24)
1001:Homfreyganj massacre
499:24 Allied ships sunk
478:5,898 motor vehicles
452:100,000 local forces
4041:Benda (1956), p.542
3957:on 28 February 2009
3947:"Japanese conquest"
3821:Inter-Allied Review
3633:on 28 February 2009
3252:Battle of Palembang
3234:Battle of Samarinda
2925:Henry Royds Pownall
2919:Lieutenant General
2813:, commander of the
2711:amphibious assaults
2635:Dutch colonial rule
2631:Japanese occupation
2612:) by forces of the
2465:Operation Cartwheel
2375:New Guinea campaign
2182:Indonesia (1946–49)
2177:Indonesia (1941–45)
2070:Palembang (1851–59)
1876:Malabar (1658-1663)
1686:Persian Gulf (1625)
1641:Cape Rachado (1606)
793:Andaman and Nicobar
4122:L, Klemen (2000).
4061:2009-09-10 at the
3709:on 6 December 2000
3592:2016-12-20 at the
3513:2023-04-11 at the
3483:2019-07-12 at the
3464:2017-03-11 at the
3371:and Adrian Kahin,
2954:U.S. Asiatic Fleet
2905:
2760:Declaration of war
2750:U.S. Pacific Fleet
2402:Nassau Bay Landing
2105:Pasoemah (1864–68)
2075:Montrado (1854–55)
1985:Cape Colony (1806)
1968:Cape Colony (1795)
1866:2nd Colombo (1654)
1836:Philippines (1646)
1811:Cambodia (1643–44)
1746:Porto Calvo (1637)
1726:Liaoluo Bay (1633)
1609:colonial campaigns
1348:Japanese surrender
1314:Naval bombardments
1244:Fire balloon bombs
967:Volcano and Ryukyu
962:Marianas and Palau
369:Kiyotake Kawaguchi
4388:Conflicts in 1942
4383:Conflicts in 1941
4346:978-90-8728-237-0
4284:978-90-04-16866-4
4277:. Leiden: BRILL.
4239:. Pen and Sword.
4002:(in Indonesian).
3577:, with 6,860 kt,
3228:Battle of Kendari
2811:Hisaichi Terauchi
2794:war of aggression
2709:to support their
2606:Dutch East Indies
2595:
2594:
2495:Wide Bay–Open Bay
2417:Admiralty Islands
2190:
2189:
2025:Sumatra (1821–37)
1963:Gold Coast (1782)
1851:Guararapes (1649)
1846:Guararapes (1648)
1756:Vietnam (1637–43)
1706:Batavia (1628–29)
1651:Mozambique (1608)
1646:Mozambique (1607)
1569:
1568:
1397:
1396:
1239:Lookout Air Raids
1146:Southwest Pacific
876:
875:
726:Dutch East Indies
528:
527:
504:1 seaplane tender
495:100,000+ captured
472:107,800 personnel
357:Hisaichi Terauchi
146:Dutch East Indies
106:
105:
80:Dutch East Indies
16:(Redirected from
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4350:
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3325:
3322:
3316:
3309:
3212:Battle of Manado
3168:
3145:Hein ter Poorten
2962:seaplane tenders
2956:(fresh from the
2933:Hein ter Poorten
2913:Archibald Wavell
2746:Queen Wilhelmina
2688:fast battleships
2618:Pacific campaign
2363:Treasury Islands
2229:
2227:
2217:
2210:
2203:
2194:
2172:Venezuela (1908)
2120:Mandor (1884–85)
2115:Aceh (1873–1913)
2095:Borneo (1859–63)
2050:Ahanta (1837–39)
2020:Palembang (1821)
2015:Palembang (1819)
1891:Taiwan (1661–62)
1776:Itamaracá (1640)
1731:Taiwan (1635–36)
1613:
1612:
1610:
1596:
1589:
1582:
1573:
1436:
1434:
1424:
1417:
1410:
1401:
1369:Manchuria (1945)
1224:Aleutian Islands
1074:Indochina (1945)
1044:Indochina (1940)
1030:2nd Indian Ocean
1013:1st Indian Ocean
1008:Christmas Island
913:
903:
896:
889:
880:
838:Aleutian Islands
828:Zhejiang-Jiangxi
798:Christmas Island
609:French Indochina
566:
554:
547:
540:
531:
509:3 light cruisers
507:2 heavy cruisers
434:
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301:
291:
290:
283:
282:
275:Hein ter Poorten
273:
272:
264:
263:
254:
253:
244:Archibald Wavell
242:
241:
222:
220:
219:
210:Portuguese Timor
208:
207:
206:
199:
195:
193:
192:
182:
180:
179:
170:
168:
167:
158:
156:
155:
144:
142:
141:
130:
129:
90:Japanese victory
64:
63:
56:
32:
21:
4443:
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4373:
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4190:
4177:
4171:
4158:
4155:
4153:Further reading
4130:
4121:
4099:10.2307/2941923
4084:
4081:
4076:
4075:
4063:Wayback Machine
4049:
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3594:Wayback Machine
3572:
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3521:
3517:, 2015, p. 309.
3515:Wayback Machine
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3306:
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3296:
3246:Battle of Ambon
3202:
3181:
3175:
3170:
3166:
3133:
3125:Conrad Helfrich
3113:Second Java Sea
3089:
3073:) and the four
2842:air superiority
2823:Hitoshi Imamura
2807:
2762:
2643:
2637:in the region.
2614:Empire of Japan
2598:
2597:
2596:
2591:
2546:Borneo campaign
2475:Cape Gloucester
2230:
2225:
2223:
2221:
2191:
2186:
2140:Pedir (1897–98)
2100:Japan (1863–64)
1995:Moluccas (1810)
1928:India (1739–41)
1821:India (1644-45)
1771:MormugĂŁo (1639)
1766:Salvador (1638)
1721:Abrolhos (1631)
1691:Salvador (1625)
1676:Salvador (1624)
1614:
1608:
1603:
1602:
1600:
1570:
1565:
1496:Makassar Strait
1437:
1432:
1430:
1428:
1398:
1393:
1385:
1297:Mariana Islands
1170:Solomon Islands
1139:Burma (1944–45)
1129:Burma (1942–43)
1124:Burma (1941–42)
1117:Burma and India
1049:Franco-Thai War
996:Andaman Islands
923:Central Pacific
914:
909:
907:
877:
872:
711:Gilbert Islands
604:Zaoyang–Yichang
567:
563:
560:
558:
520:
518:
516:
514:
512:
510:
508:
506:
502:
496:
494:
481:
479:
477:
475:
473:
471:
469:
464:
462:
428:
427:
417:
416:
406:
405:
403:ShĹŤji Nishimura
395:
394:
392:Hitoshi Imamura
384:
383:
373:
372:
361:
360:
359:
349:
337:
336:
326:
325:
319:
307:
306:
304:Conrad Helfrich
296:
295:
285:
284:
267:
266:
265:
248:
247:
246:
236:
217:
215:
204:
202:
201:
190:
188:
187:
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177:
175:
174:
165:
163:
162:
153:
151:
139:
137:
124:
123:
96:
82:
57:
42:Pacific Theatre
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
4441:
4439:
4431:
4430:
4425:
4420:
4415:
4410:
4405:
4400:
4395:
4390:
4385:
4375:
4374:
4371:
4370:
4365:978-0786423651
4364:
4351:
4345:
4327:
4322:978-0948817670
4321:
4308:
4302:
4289:
4283:
4270:
4265:978-0786417070
4264:
4251:
4246:978-1844156221
4245:
4232:
4226:
4213:
4208:978-1904010326
4207:
4194:
4189:978-1904010807
4188:
4175:
4169:
4154:
4151:
4150:
4149:
4128:
4119:
4093:(4): 541–560.
4080:
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4074:
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4016:
3986:
3977:
3968:
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3923:
3914:
3905:
3896:
3887:
3868:
3845:
3836:
3808:
3792:
3772:
3751:
3720:
3690:
3681:
3644:
3607:
3598:
3566:
3528:
3519:
3506:Francis Pike,
3499:
3489:
3470:
3448:
3436:
3427:
3394:
3385:
3361:
3326:
3317:
3303:
3302:
3300:
3297:
3295:
3294:
3289:
3284:
3278:
3272:
3266:
3260:
3255:
3249:
3243:
3237:
3231:
3225:
3220:
3215:
3209:
3203:
3201:
3198:
3174:
3171:
3158:
3132:
3129:
3082:
2942:British Ceylon
2937:Richard Peirse
2929:Thomas C. Hart
2917:Army Air Force
2886:Tarakan Island
2806:
2803:
2787:Shigenori TĹŤgĹŤ
2778:KNIL Air Force
2761:
2758:
2726:Fushun process
2703:light cruisers
2699:heavy cruisers
2656:fleet carriers
2642:
2639:
2593:
2592:
2590:
2589:
2584:
2579:
2574:
2569:
2564:
2557:
2549:
2548:
2542:
2541:
2536:
2531:
2529:2nd Corregidor
2526:
2521:
2516:
2511:
2505:
2504:
2498:
2497:
2492:
2487:
2482:
2477:
2472:
2467:
2461:
2460:
2454:
2453:
2448:
2443:
2438:
2431:
2424:
2419:
2414:
2412:Huon Peninsula
2409:
2404:
2399:
2394:
2389:
2384:
2378:
2377:
2371:
2370:
2365:
2360:
2355:
2349:
2348:
2342:
2341:
2340:
2339:
2337:2nd Balikpapan
2334:
2329:
2319:
2314:
2309:
2304:
2299:
2294:
2289:
2284:
2283:
2282:
2280:1st Balikpapan
2277:
2266:
2265:
2259:
2258:
2256:1st Corregidor
2253:
2248:
2242:
2241:
2235:
2232:
2231:
2222:
2220:
2219:
2212:
2205:
2197:
2188:
2187:
2185:
2184:
2179:
2174:
2169:
2164:
2159:
2157:Bone (1905–06)
2154:
2152:Kerinci (1903)
2143:
2142:
2137:
2132:
2127:
2122:
2117:
2112:
2107:
2102:
2097:
2092:
2090:Bone (1858–59)
2087:
2082:
2080:Nias (1855–64)
2077:
2072:
2067:
2062:
2057:
2052:
2047:
2042:
2040:Java (1825–30)
2037:
2035:Bone (1824–25)
2032:
2027:
2022:
2017:
2012:
2007:
2005:Algiers (1816)
2002:
1997:
1992:
1990:Java (1806–07)
1987:
1982:
1980:Surinam (1804)
1971:
1970:
1965:
1960:
1955:
1950:
1945:
1943:Java (1749–57)
1940:
1935:
1933:Java (1741–43)
1930:
1925:
1923:Java (1719–23)
1920:
1918:Java (1704–07)
1909:
1908:
1906:Java (1674–80)
1903:
1898:
1893:
1888:
1883:
1878:
1873:
1868:
1863:
1858:
1853:
1848:
1843:
1838:
1833:
1828:
1826:Tabocas (1645)
1823:
1818:
1813:
1808:
1803:
1798:
1793:
1788:
1786:Malacca (1641)
1783:
1778:
1773:
1768:
1763:
1758:
1753:
1748:
1743:
1738:
1733:
1728:
1723:
1718:
1713:
1708:
1703:
1698:
1693:
1688:
1683:
1678:
1673:
1668:
1663:
1658:
1653:
1648:
1643:
1638:
1636:Malacca (1606)
1633:
1631:Amboina (1605)
1628:
1619:
1616:
1615:
1601:
1599:
1598:
1591:
1584:
1576:
1567:
1566:
1564:
1563:
1558:
1557:
1556:
1551:
1546:
1536:
1531:
1526:
1518:
1513:
1508:
1503:
1498:
1493:
1488:
1483:
1478:
1473:
1468:
1463:
1452:
1451:
1442:
1439:
1438:
1429:
1427:
1426:
1419:
1412:
1404:
1395:
1394:
1384:
1383:
1378:
1377:
1376:
1366:
1358:
1357:
1351:
1350:
1345:
1338:
1337:
1336:
1326:
1324:South Sakhalin
1321:
1316:
1311:
1304:
1299:
1294:
1293:
1292:
1287:
1282:
1277:
1266:
1265:
1259:
1258:
1251:
1246:
1241:
1236:
1231:
1226:
1221:
1215:
1214:
1208:
1207:
1202:
1197:
1192:
1187:
1182:
1177:
1172:
1167:
1160:
1155:
1149:
1148:
1142:
1141:
1136:
1131:
1126:
1120:
1119:
1113:
1112:
1107:
1100:
1093:
1086:
1081:
1079:Malacca Strait
1076:
1071:
1066:
1061:
1056:
1051:
1046:
1040:
1039:
1037:Southeast Asia
1033:
1032:
1027:
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1791:Luanda (1641)
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2572:North Borneo
2560:
2553:
2434:
2427:
2422:Aitape-Wewak
2407:Salamaua-Lae
2397:Bismarck Sea
2387:Kokoda Track
2368:Bougainville
2332:North Borneo
2262:
2176:
2146:20th century
2145:
2144:
2125:Jambi (1885)
2010:Ambon (1817)
1974:19th century
1973:
1972:
1953:India (1781)
1912:18th century
1911:
1910:
1901:India (1673)
1841:Kombi (1647)
1806:Chile (1643)
1716:Jambi (1630)
1666:Macau (1622)
1661:Johor (1613)
1621:17th century
1620:
1561:2nd Java Sea
1554:Tjiater Pass
1534:Sunda Strait
1529:1st Java Sea
1522:
1454:
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1387:
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1254:
1249:Project Hula
1234:Fort Stevens
1163:
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1103:
1096:
1089:
977:Ocean Island
940:
930:Pearl Harbor
858:Fort Stevens
736:
735:
731:3rd Changsha
725:
716:Indian Ocean
671:Pearl Harbor
661:2nd Changsha
656:South Shanxi
629:
628:
594:West Suiyuan
573:
515:1 oil tanker
493:2,384 killed
492:
482:609 aircraft
465:234 aircraft
447:
425:Takeo Takagi
345:George Brett
320:
214:
150:
119:ABDA Command
117:
116:
111:Belligerents
46:World War II
40:Part of the
4393:Pacific War
4068:Japan Times
3961:27 February
3744:28 February
3713:27 February
3674:27 February
3637:27 February
3559:27 February
3185:surrendered
3054:Sanuki Maru
2993:HNLMS
2701:, and many
2435:Persecution
2358:New Georgia
2353:Guadalcanal
2327:2nd Tarakan
2275:1st Tarakan
2167:Bali (1908)
2162:Bali (1906)
2085:Bali (1858)
2065:Bali (1849)
2060:Bali (1848)
2055:Bali (1846)
2045:Aceh (1831)
2000:Java (1811)
1701:Cuba (1628)
1486:Banjarmasin
1374:Mutanchiang
1195:New Britain
911:Pacific War
868:Mount Emily
788:Operation K
701:Sand Island
686:Philippines
641:South Henan
624:North China
468:52 warships
461:33 warships
197:New Zealand
132:Netherlands
95:Territorial
4377:Categories
4303:094881750X
4170:159114096X
4079:References
4052:Kyodo News
4010:2022-06-09
3869:0757001629
3831:2009-10-04
3381:1565842448
3190:war crimes
3177:See also:
3117:Marblehead
3048:Sanyo Maru
3025:HMAS
3014:Marblehead
2890:Balikpapan
2825:to attack
2766:Axis power
2724:using the
2707:destroyers
2641:Background
2587:Balikpapan
2514:Leyte Gulf
2322:2nd Borneo
2270:1st Borneo
2251:1st Bataan
2130:Edi (1890)
1761:Goa (1638)
1549:Leuwiliang
1471:Balikpapan
1449:1st Borneo
1319:Sagami Bay
1308:Starvation
1190:New Guinea
833:Madagascar
753:New Guinea
614:Kaimingjie
524:671 killed
4115:155352132
3880:March 29,
3420:31 August
3354:31 August
3173:Aftermath
3141:West Java
3131:Surrender
3012:USS
2995:De Ruyter
2986:HMS
2979:USS
2966:USS
2894:Palembang
2854:Jesselton
2819:16th Army
2734:embargoed
2722:Manchuria
2718:oil shale
2610:Indonesia
2428:Recklesss
2392:Buna–Gona
2382:Coral Sea
2246:Lamon Bay
1506:Palembang
1481:Samarinda
1363:Kantokuen
1270:Air raids
1185:Australia
1175:Coral Sea
1069:Singapore
1064:Hong Kong
863:Dureenbee
853:Newcastle
818:Coral Sea
763:Singapore
681:Hong Kong
584:Chongqing
579:Manchukuo
564:1940–1942
517:1 gunboat
184:Australia
4059:Archived
4004:Archived
4000:tirto.id
3874:Archived
3825:archived
3766:(1944),
3738:Archived
3734:BBC News
3665:Archived
3590:Archived
3553:Archived
3511:Archived
3481:Archived
3462:Archived
3414:Archived
3383:), Pp 22
3348:Archived
3150:Jonkheer
3105:Java Sea
2858:Sandakan
2809:General
2805:Campaign
2682:) and a
2582:Beaufort
2539:Mindanao
2446:Noemfoor
2312:Java Sea
1544:Kalijati
1381:Chongjin
1342:Downfall
1280:Yokosuka
1097:Tiderace
1054:Thailand
808:Solomons
676:Thailand
651:Shanggao
636:Panjiayu
448:148,000
442:Strength
75:Location
4145:7361008
4107:2941923
3579:Romania
3094:Sumatra
2981:Houston
2968:Langley
2878:Amboina
2874:Celebes
2850:Kuching
2835:Sarawak
2770:Germany
2690:of the
2652:Romania
2567:Tarakan
2534:Visayas
2485:Talasea
2451:Morotai
2297:Sumatra
1523:Langley
1501:Sumatra
1476:Kendari
1461:Tarakan
1334:Shumshu
1219:Ellwood
1084:Vietnam
773:Ellwood
321:†
97:changes
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3497:years.
3379:
3283:(1942)
3277:(1942)
3271:(1942)
3265:(1942)
3254:(1942)
3248:(1942)
3242:(1942)
3236:(1942)
3230:(1942)
3214:(1942)
3137:Subang
3078:-class
3027:Hobart
2988:Exeter
2974:Childs
2827:Borneo
2742:Allies
2676:, and
2650:, and
2626:Allied
2577:Labuan
2287:Manado
1466:Manado
1104:Zipper
1090:Jurist
1059:Malaya
1018:Ceylon
952:Midway
848:Sydney
843:Midway
813:Tulagi
803:Ceylon
778:Broome
768:Darwin
721:Borneo
706:Niihau
666:Malaya
599:Wuyuan
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87:Result
4337:(PDF)
4111:S2CID
4103:JSTOR
3668:(PDF)
3657:(PDF)
3299:Notes
3076:KongĹŤ
3071:Sōryū
3067:Hiryū
3059:Akagi
3042:Ryūjō
3033:Perth
3020:Boise
3007:Tromp
2882:Timor
2870:Davao
2846:Seria
2768:ally
2697:, 13
2695:class
2693:KongĹŤ
2679:Sōryū
2673:Hiryū
2661:Akagi
2561:Semut
2524:Luzon
2509:Leyte
2470:Arawe
2307:Timor
2292:Ambon
1605:Dutch
1516:Timor
1491:Ambon
1275:Tokyo
1263:Japan
1180:Timor
748:Burma
743:Timor
224:Japan
4360:ISBN
4341:ISBN
4317:ISBN
4298:ISBN
4279:ISBN
4260:ISBN
4241:ISBN
4222:ISBN
4203:ISBN
4184:ISBN
4165:ISBN
4141:OCLC
4054:), "
3963:2009
3882:2009
3864:ISBN
3746:2009
3715:2009
3676:2009
3639:2009
3561:2009
3422:2010
3377:ISBN
3356:2010
3111:and
3098:Aceh
3069:and
3063:Kaga
3051:and
3030:and
3017:and
3004:and
3001:Java
2984:and
2971:and
2944:and
2888:and
2880:and
2868:and
2866:Jolo
2856:and
2831:Miri
2705:and
2667:Kaga
2648:Iran
2600:The
2554:Agas
2441:Biak
2317:Java
1539:Java
1521:USS
1455:1942
1444:1941
1285:Kure
972:Truk
737:1942
696:Wake
691:Guam
630:1941
574:1940
67:Date
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