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The Java Sea Campaign
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
The Java Sea Campaign written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942 categories.
"Reprint of a 1943 publication by the Office of Naval Intelligence concerning the early World War II battles in the Java Sea"--
The Java Sea Campaign
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Author : Office of Naval Intelligence United States Navy
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-01-20
The Java Sea Campaign written by Office of Naval Intelligence United States Navy and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-20 with Java Sea, Battle of the, Indonesia, 1942 categories.
The Java Sea Campaign is the story of the Japanese conquest of the Netherlands East Indies. Strictly speaking, the history of the United States Navy's participation in that campaign should begin with the arrival of our Asiatic Fleet in the Indies and the beginning of our active cooperation with the British and Dutch. It is difficult, however, to set a definite date for such a beginning. Several of our ships were sent into the East Indies in the latter part of November 1941, and various units of our fleet followed at intervals all through December. Moreover, the conquest of the Indies by the Japanese was merely the culmination of a single, carefully planned campaign which opened with their attack on the Philippines and Malaya. Their advance into the Dutch possessions was carefully coordinated with and dependent upon their successes in these other theatres. While our defense of the Philippines is the subject of a separate narrative (in preparation), some reference must be made to events there to explain the situation at the opening of the Java Sea Campaign. ORGANIZATION AND DISPOSITION OF OUR FLEET The United States Asiatic Fleet was something less than its title suggested...........
Rising Sun Falling Skies
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Author : Jeffrey Cox
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-20
Rising Sun Falling Skies written by Jeffrey Cox and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-20 with History categories.
Author Jeffrey Cox conducts a thorough and compelling investigation of the Java Sea Campaign, the first major sea battle of the Pacific War, which inflicted huge costs on the Allies and set the stage for Japan's rout across the Pacific and Indian oceans. Few events have ever shaken a country in the way that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor affected the United States. The Japanese forces then continued to overwhelm the Allies, attacking Malaya with its fortress of Singapore, and taking resource-rich islands in the Pacific in their own blitzkrieg offensive. Allied losses in these early months after America's entry into the war were great, and among the most devastating were those suffered during the Java Sea Campaign, where a small group of Americans, British, Dutch, and Australians were isolated in the Far East – directly in the path of the Japanese onslaught. It would be the first major sea battle of World War II in the Pacific.
Java Sea 1942
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Author : Mark Stille
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-28
Java Sea 1942 written by Mark Stille and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-28 with History categories.
The battle of the Java Sea, fought in February 1942, was the first major surface engagement of the Pacific War and one of the few naval battles of the entire war fought to a decisive victory. It was the culminating point of the Japanese drive to occupy the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) and, to defend the territory, the Allies assembled a striking force comprised of Dutch, American, British and even an Australian ship, all under the command of a resolute Dutch admiral. On 27 February 1942, the Allied striking force set course to intercept the Japanese invasion force in the Java Sea. In one of the few such times during the whole of World War II a protracted surface engagement was fought unmolested by airpower. For over seven hours, the Allied force attempted to attack the Japanese invasion force, finally breaking off in the early evening. Some three hours later, the Allied force, now reduced to just four remaining cruisers and two destroyers, attempted another attack on the invasion convoy during which Japanese torpedoes scored heavily, sinking two Dutch cruisers and bringing the battle to a conclusion. Over the next two days, as the Allies attempted to flee, five more ships were sunk. From that point on, Allied naval power was eliminated from Southeast Asia. In this illustrated title, Mark Stille tells the full story of the battle of the Java Sea, explaining how and why the Japanese achieved such a resounding victory, and delving into the tremendous impact of the battle on the course of the Pacific War.
The Battle Of The Java Sea
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Author : F. C. van Oosten
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1976
The Battle Of The Java Sea written by F. C. van Oosten and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with History categories.
The Battle Of The Java Sea
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Author : David Arthur Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Battle Of The Java Sea written by David Arthur Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Java Sea, Battle of the, 1942 categories.
The Loss Of Java
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Author : P.C. Boer
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2011-01-01
The Loss Of Java written by P.C. Boer and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with History categories.
The Loss of Java explains in detail the air, sea and land battles between the Allied and Japanese armed forces during the battle for Java that followed the evacuation of southern Sumatra in February 1942. Little has been written about the allied air campaign, or about why Dutch forces fought just one major land battle with the Japanese, the Battle of the Tjiater Pass, in the later stages of the struggle. P.C. Boer considers whether the assessment of Major General Van Oyen that deploying the Allied air forces might prevent Japanese invasion of Java was realistic, and whether reliance on air power limited the capacity of land and naval forces to repel Japan's advances. The generally accepted idea is that the Allies were ineffective in their fight against the Japanese invaders but in fact the Japanese suffered serious losses. Boer's study shows that Dutch strategy grew out of a carefully-devised plan of defense, and that the battle for Java comprised not one (the Battle of the Java Sea) but four major engagements. However, Japanese commanders at various levels consciously took steps that exposed their forces to great risk but succeeded in putting the Allies under great pressure. In the end the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) and the allied forces capitulated on 8 March 1942. This book is a translation of Het Verlies Van Java: Een kwestie van Air Power. De eindstrijd om Nederlands-Indie van de geallieerde lucht-, zee- en landstrijdkrschten in de periode van 18 februari t/m 7 maart 1942 (Amsterdam: Bataafsche Leeuw BV for the Koninklijke Militaire Academie, 2006).
The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941 42
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Author : Marc Lohnstein
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-06-24
The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941 42 written by Marc Lohnstein and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-24 with History categories.
At the end of 1941, Imperial Japan targeted The East Indies in an attempt to secure access to precious oil resources. The Netherlands East Indies Campaign featured complex Japanese and Allied operations, and included the first use of airborne troops in the war. This highly illustrated study is one of the less well-known campaigns of the Pacific War. Imperial Japan's campaigns of conquest in late 1941/early 1942 were launched in order to achieve self-sufficiency for the Japanese people, chiefly in the precious commodity of oil. The Netherlands (or Dutch) East Indies formed one of Japan's primary targets, on account of its abundant rubber plantations and oilfields. The Japanese despatched an enormous naval task force to support the amphibious landings over the vast terrain of the Netherlands East Indies. The combined-arms offensive was divided into three groups: western, centre and eastern. The isolated airfields and oilfields were, however, picked off one by one by the Japanese, in the rush to secure the major islands before major Allied reinforcements arrived. This superbly illustrated title describes the operational plans and conduct of the fighting by the major parties involved, and assesses the performance of the opposing forces on the battlefield, bringing to life an often-overlooked campaign of the Pacific War.
The Allied Defense Of The Malay Barrier 1941 1942
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Author : Tom Womack
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-12-15
The Allied Defense Of The Malay Barrier 1941 1942 written by Tom Womack and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-15 with History categories.
Though few realize it, the Netherlands East Indies were the object of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Likewise, their invasions of Guam, Wake Island and the Philippines were mainly diversionary operations to safeguard their main assault on Dutch and British colonies. Since the end of World War I, Japan had coveted the vast East Indies oil reserves, and the colony had feared invasion since Germany overran Holland in May 1940. Isolated politically the weakly defended archipelago was a tempting prize. The East Indies government initially maintained a strict policy of neutrality while desperately working to build up its military strength. As Japanese actions pushed the region toward war, the Dutch reluctantly embraced closer ties with America and Britain. For a brief period, the East Indies were key players in Pacific War strategy. This book details for the first time in English the Dutch prewar strategy, their efforts to counter Japanese espionage and their sizable though largely forgotten military contribution in the early months of the Pacific War.
South To Java
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Author : William P. Mack
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 1989-05
South To Java written by William P. Mack and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-05 with Fiction categories.
"With the world at war, the USS O'Leary, an outdated destroyer held together with hairpins and prayers, steams toward a deadly conflict in the South Pacific - the Battle of the Java Sea. As the apparently doomed vessel prepares to defend the U.S. from the crack Imperial Fleet, young Lieutenant Ross Fraser fights his own battles - with his suicidal captain, with a virtually defenseless and ancient ship, and with a complement of salty sailors drawn from the old China station, men as reckless in bars and brothels as they are facing the enemy. Half of them left girlfriends in the Philippines, all of them rage from what happened at Pearl Harbor, and none of them will back down in the face of Japan's superior sea power"--Back cover