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	Asian Theatre of World War II Encyclopedia Article @ WinLoseOrTie.com (Win Lose Or Tie) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In response to this, officers of the Japanese Kwantung Army, manufactured the Battle of Lugou Bridge (also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident") on July 8, 1937, which succeeded in provoking a conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, the Sino-Japanese War.
		At the Battle of the Java Sea, in late February and early March, the Japanese Navy inflicted a resounding defeat on the main ABDA naval force, under Admiral Karel Doorman.
		The result was the indecisive Battle of Coral Sea, the first of the great carrier duels as the two fleets never came within sight.
	www.winloseortie.com /encyclopedia/Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II (7193 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > USS Badoeng Strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It was named after the Badung Strait[?], located between Bali and the small island of Nusa Besar[?], Netherlands East Indies, which was the site of a battle, 19-20 February 1942, between American-Netherlands and Japanese naval forces.
		Between February 1947 and June 1950 Badoeng Strait operated in the Pacific, testing new anti-submarine warfare equipment, training her personnel, and participating in numerous anti-submarine warfare exercises.
		Badoeng Strait received the Navy Unit Commendation[?] and six battle stars for her services during the Korean action.
	encyclopedia.kids.net.au /page/us/USS_Badoeng_Strait (400 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Pacific War
		In response to this, officers of the Japanese Kwantung Army, manufactured the Battle of Lugou Bridge (also known as the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident") on July 7, 1937, which succeeded in provoking a war between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan, the Sino-Japanese War.
		The Battle of Leyte Gulf, from 23 October to 26 October 1944, was arguably the largest naval battle in history.
		The battle secured the beachheads of the U.S. Sixth Army on Leyte against attack from the sea, broke the back of Japanese naval power and opened the way for an advance to the Ryukyu Islands in 1945.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Pacific_War (7951 words)

	Naval Alamo
		Once through the strait, he planned to drive north to intercept the Japanese in the Palembang area, where they were believed to be heading.
		It was dusk by then and the battle area was shrouded in smoke so the ships of both sides were reduced to firing occasional shots at fleetingly glimpsed targets.
		During the battle of Midway the MIKUMA was bombed and sunk by aircraft and sister MOGAMI was wrecked in the same attacks, but staggered home to Japan for full repairs that left her a hermaphrodite vessel.
	www.asiaticfleet.com /javasea.html (12890 words)

	US Destroyers of Pacific War, 1942
		During the battle of Makassar Strait she made torpedo and gun attacks to delay Japanese landings at Balikpapan and later in the battle of Badoeng Straits she impeded the invasion of Bali.
		In the Battle of the Java Sea, Pope and HMS Encounter were directed to escort HMS Exeter away from the action.
		in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 Oct 1942, Porter was torpedoed by submarine I-21.
	www.ww2pacific.com /ships3.html (2934 words)

	WW2DB: Battles at Java Sea
		Sallying forth on the 3rd and heading north through the Strait, the Allies had a fairly sizable naval contingent at their disposal to stop this force.
		The battle began as a large Japanese invasion convoy approached the east end of Java and Surabaja.
		The final grim phase of this battle was played out a day later, as the damaged Exeter and two destroyers tried to exit Surabaja to the north on the 28th and make a run for it.
	www.ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=23 (1125 words)

	Battle of Badung Strait
		The first was to approach through the southern entrance of the Badoeng Strait from the Indian Ocean after midnight on the 19th.
		Badoeng Strait is a 15 mile-wide channel which seperates Bali from Noesa Besar, a small island in the Flores Archipelago.
		In retrospect, the Badung Strait was a disaster for ABDA.
	www.netherlandsnavy.nl /battle_balitimor.html (5437 words)

	The Battle of Badung Strait by Vincent O'Hara
		Variously known as “The Battle of Leyte Gulf” and “The Battle for Leyte Gulf, it was inarguably the greatest episode of naval combat in world history.
		The Battle of Sibuyan Sea (24 October 1944) occurred approximately 330 miles distant and the Battle off Cape Engaño (25 October 1944) was fought about 700 sea miles to the north.
		The Battle of Ormoc Bay began auspiciously for the U.S. on 11 November 1944.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/Battles/new_look_leyte.htm (3275 words)

	Naval Actions and losses in the Pacific 1942
		Wasp was abandoned, O'Brien who had lost her bow later broke in two and sunk on her way for repairs and North Carolina made her way to Pearl with a large gash in her port side.
		An innitially confused night battle in which American destroyer Duncan was sunk by a mixture of Japanese and American shells and the American destroyer Farenbolt was also damaged by American gunfire.
		The main naval battle was between the US battleships Washington and South Dakota against the Kirishima and the heavy cruisers Atago and Takao.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW242Pacother.html (1276 words)

	Battle of Prachuab Khirikhan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Prachuab Khrikhan was an early engagement of the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II.
		It was fought on December 8, 1941 at the airfield of Prachuap Khiri Khan in Thailand, on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand along the Kra Isthmus.
		The following morning, the exhausted Thais received a telegram from the Ministry of the Interior, brought in by a postman during a lull in the battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Prachuab_Khirikhan (1020 words)

	Battle of Makassar Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Makassar Strait was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.
		A fleet of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, under the command of Admiral Karel Doorman, was on its way to intercept a Japanese invasion convoy when it was attacked by 37 Japanese dive-bombers and forced to retreat.
		The Naval Battle of Balikpapan, 24 January 1942, is sometimes referred to as the "battle of Makassar Strait", especially in United States Navy sources.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Makassar_Strait (376 words)

	Pacific War - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		The Doolittle Raid in April was a token but morale-boosting air attack on Japan, and although the Allied navies were narrowly defeated in tactical terms at the Battle of the Coral Sea, it still managed to derail a Japanese naval attack on Port Moresby, New Guinea.
		The crucial Battle of Midway followed in June: the fortunes of war could easily have given either side the victory, but Japanese naval aviation suffered a devastating defeat from which it never recovered.
		Faced with the loss of most of their experienced pilots, the Japanese resorted to kamikaze tactics in an attempt to slow the US advance.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=342641 (3408 words)

	Pacific Naval Battles
		Pacific Naval Battles in World War II The Pacific War was the largest naval conflict in history.
		Every conceivable type of naval activity was represented: carrier aviation battles, surface engagements, bitterly fought night-fights, the largest amphibious landings of the entire war, and the stealthy, brutal battles waged by and against submarines.
		I have compiled information on a number of the more important (and, I think, interesting) battles of the war, including a synopsis, tabular displays of the forces involved, and in some cases ship movement track charts.
	www.combinedfleet.com /map.htm (492 words)

	Battle of Badung Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Badung Strait off Bali in the Dutch East Indies
		The Battle of Badung Strait was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the night of 19 February – 20 February 1942 in Badung Strait between the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
		The Japanese continued their conquest of the Dutch East Indies with the capture of Timor on 20 February – 23 February.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Badung_Strait (948 words)

	Attack on Pearl Harbor - Enpsychlopedia
		Captain Mervyn Bennion, commanding officer of West Virginia, calmly led his men in battle until he was cut down by fragmentation from a bomb hit aboard Tennessee, moored alongside her.
		Of Japan's 441 planes (350 took part in the attack), 29 were lost during the battle (nine in the first attack wave and 20 in the second wave) and another 74 were damaged by flak and machine gunfire from the ground.
		However, it was not until later battles in the war, such as the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, that this breakthrough became apparent to the world's naval powers.
	www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Pearl_Harbor_Day (6696 words)

	ModelWarships reveiw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Other actions she participated in were the Battle of Makassar Strait February 1942, the Battle of Badung Strait in February 1942, as well as many other actions in the South Pacific theater.
		Luck ran out for her in 1944 when she was sunk in Surigao Strait October 25th 1944 by the USS McDermutt and USS Hutchins during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
		There are stripes and ships names as well as a couple of battle flags.They are well registered and the sunburst pattern on the battle flag is well defined.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/ijn/dd/michishio/michishio.html (387 words)

	The Battle of Badung Strait by Vincent O'Hara
		The success enjoyed by the Allies at the battle of Balikpapan did little to retard the relentless momentum of the Japanese offensive and was not repeated in the weeks following, despite several attempts by ABAD forces to attack Japanese invasion convoys.
		The night was dark and cloudy and it was difficult to distinguish details against the fl mass of Bali.
		This threat consisted of the three destroyers: Piet Hein was 5,500 yards behind the cruisers and the American four stackers about the same distance behind her.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/badung_strait.htm (1839 words)

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		In the early 1940s, he was a tireless advocate for the Netherlands Indies, frustrating Japan in negotiations while quietly pleading with Britain and the USA for defense supplies.
		After the war, he would in turn both battle against and negotiate with the new Republic of Indonesia, until he resigned in October 1948.
		February 4 Battle of Makassar Strait (naval battle between Kalimantan and Sulawesi): Japanese air and sea power forces Allies to withdraw to Cilacap.
	www.geschichteinchronologie.ch /as/indon/Gimon_chron1940-1945.htm (6652 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Photo Feature: "Flush Deck" Destroyers
		These aged but effective "escort destroyers" played a critical role in the Battle of the Atlantic, and bore the brunt of that fight until the new destroyer escorts entered service.
		In the early days of the war she participated in several actions against the Japanese, sustaining fairly minor damage during the fruitless battle of Badung Strait on the night of 19-20 February 1920.
		She was drydocked for repairs at Surabaya, on the north coast of Java.
	www.hazegray.org /features/flushdeck (1750 words)

	Home > San Bernardino, California, CA, 92401, San Bernardino Real Estate, San Bernardino Yellow Pages, San ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		She passed through the Straits of Gibraltar 3 July and transited the Suez Canal 15â“25 July.
		During the Battle of Makassar Strait she made close-quarter torpedo and gun attacks which helped delay Japanese landings at Balikpapan and later in the Battle of Badung Strait she impeded the invasion of Bali.
		Pope received two battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation (US) for her World War II service.
	www.sanbernardinocaus.com /section/USS_Pope_(DD-225) (977 words)

	Naval Actions and losses 1942
		US losses included the carrier Lexington damaged by torpedo in Japanese air attacks on the 8th and eventually sunk by an American destroyer.
		Total Japanese losses at the Battle of the Coral Sea a minelayer, a destroyer, 2 special minesweepers, and the light carrier.
		The destroyer Yudachi from Rear Admiral T.Takama's sweeping unit sunk and the Ayanami from Rear Admiral S.Hashimoto's sweeping unit sunk.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW242Pac.html (1803 words)

	A Proclamation by the President: Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day
		The Fleet's destroyers hit the Japanese at Balikpapan and Badung Strait, and the cruiser Marblehead fought her way through massive air attacks off Bali while submarines, short of fuel and torpedoes, struck Japanese supply lines.
		The battle for the "Malay Barrier" reached its climax in the Java Sea.
		In the opening hours of March 1, 1942, the American cruiser Houston and the Australian cruiser Perth, outnumbered and outgunned by the Japanese, fought to the last in the Sunda Strait.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2001/06/20010607-6.html (537 words)

	The War at Sea in the Dutch East Indies, December 1941 - March 1942
		...Hits were made by both sides in the salvo of high explosive projectile exchange, but as the allied squadron was in the act of altering course for another round of battle, the two Dutch cruisers both blew up simultaneously in a massive cavalcade of seawater and steel armour plate with a huge loss of life.
		...The battle of Sunda Strait was an unknown one for most of the war.
		The crews of the ships were taken prisoner and initially, the allies had no idea what happened to them.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/war_sea.html (587 words)

	18 February 1942
		Doorman hoped for great things as, for the first time in the campaign, the Allied forces would be numerically and qualitatively superior to the Japanese.
		In the event, the Battle of Badung Strait could not have gone much worse.
		She had to suffer the indignity of being towed home and was not fully repaired until October.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1942/02/18.htm (1235 words)

	Interview with Franciscus J. Zantvoort, Royal Netherlands Navy
		Could you briefly described your engagment during this battle.
		• After the battle you were assigned to the unit which carried out demolition at the navybase in Udjung.
		I remember they were called Higgins-boats, because they had Higgins (airplane) engines which could give them a speed, if I remember correctly, of 40 km/h.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/zantvoort.html (2131 words)

	History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942:Morison, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He visited the various theaters of war, served on eleven combat ships, and took part in several amphibious operations and surface engagements with the enemy.
		Offering the immediacy of events as they unfold, Morison's record conveys the urgency of planning and preparations, the excitement of battle, exultation over hard-won success, and sorrow for fallen comrades.
		The Battle of the Atlantic: September 1939-May 1943
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0252069730 (455 words)

	Frans Zantvoort: ZoomInfo Business People Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		He recalled meeting the American sailors arriving from the Phillippines in January 1942, and how they were extremely upset, as they had just discovered that their torpedoes were faulty.
		He performed several tasks over the next time: he was assigned to the air defense unit at the Naval Air Base Morokrembangan and he also participated as a crewmember aboard one of Dutch Higgins Torpedo Boats in the Badung Strait Battle, but experienced very little combat there.
		After that he retreated with his unit to Tjilatjap hoping to be evacuated to Australia or Ceylon, but only met total chaos there.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Zantvoort_Frans_489569594.htm (468 words)

	Order of Battle - Empress Augusta Bay - 2 November 1943 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Order of Battle - Empress Augusta Bay - 2 November 1943
		Damaged by gunfire from John D. Edwards et al, thirteen killed, eighty-three wounded
		Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy by Paul S. Dull
	www.navweaps.com /index_oob/OOB_WWII_Pacific/OOB_WWII_Badung-Strait.htm (35 words)

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