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	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.
		#8 = Battle of the Phillipine Sea, June 19-20, 1944
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	Java. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		In Java are the republic’s capital and largest city, Jakarta, and the second and third largest cities, Surabaya and Bandung.
		Java was a home of early humans (see human evolution); on it were found (1891) the fossilized remains of the so-called Java man, Pithecanthropus erectus.
		In the early phase of World War II, Java was left open to Japanese invasion by the disastrous Allied defeat in the battle of the Java Sea in Feb., 1942; Java was occupied by the Japanese until the end of the war.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ja/Java.html (810 words)

	Battle of the Java Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ABDA force engaged the Japanese in the Java Sea, and battle raged intermittently from mid-afternoon to midnight as the Allies tried to attack the troop transports, but were repulsed by superior firepower and supporting aircraft.
		The Battle of the Java Sea ended significant Allied naval operations in south east Asia during 1942, and Japanese land forces invaded Java on February 28.
		Battle of the Java Sea: 27 February 1942 by Vincent P. O'Hara.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Java_Sea (1191 words)

	Java Sea, Battle of the - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Java Sea, Battle of the
		Their victory allowed the Japanese a free run in the waters around Java and they were able to complete their invasion without interference.
		The Allied force of five cruisers and ten destroyers was severely mauled by the Japanese and while attempting to escape they ran into a second Japanese invasion force and were almost totally destroyed.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Java+Sea,+Battle+of+the (184 words)

	Java Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Java Sea (Jawa Sea) is a large (310,000 km²), shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf.
		The Java Sea lies in the midst of the Indonesian islands of Borneo to the north, Java to the south; Sumatra to the west, and Sulawesi (Celebes) to the east.
		The Java Sea was the site of one of the costliest (to the Allies) naval battles of World War II, in February and March of 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Java_Sea (250 words)

	The Java Sea Battle, February 1942
		During January 1942 the RAN strengthened the allied naval forces in the Java Sea area with the arrival of HMAS Hobart, the little sloop HMAS Yarra, both veterans against the Italian forces in the Red Sea and Mediterranean theatre of war, and three AMS vessels- Ballarat, Toowoomba, and Wollongong.
		A hopelessly congested port across the Java Sea on the north coast of the Dutch East Indies island Java, and serving Batavia the capital.
		Meanwhile one allied convoy consisting of the merchant vessels Anking, Francol and a small minesweeper MMS51, departed the coast of Java escorted by the Australian built sloop HMAS Yarra, was located by a superior Japanese squadron of three cruisers and two destroyers in the Sunda Straits of the Java Sea.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/java_sea.html (2524 words)

	Diving for the USS Houston in the Sunda Strait
		It had been operating in the Java Sea as part of the ABDA (American, British, Dutch, Australian) task force and had been badly mauled by the Japanese during the Battle of the Java Sea the previous day.
		Eyewitness accounts attributed this to the Battle of the Java Sea, the day before the sinking, during which all the glass had been blown out by the concussions of heavy gunfire and bombs.
		This u-boat was subsequently intercepted and sunk by the Dutch submarine Swordfish in the Java Sea between Surabaya and Batavia.
	www.asiaticfleet.com /faltotca30.htm (3351 words)

	The American Experience \| MacArthur \| Timeline 1942
		Battle of the Java Sea in Indonesia: Japan destroys Dutch-American naval force.
		Battle of the Coral Sea: In the first Japanese defeat of the war, American forces sink a Japanese carrier and badly damage two others heading for New Guinea.
		Battle of Midway: In what is later seen as the "turning point" of the Pacific war, American carrier aircraft sink all four of the Japanese navy's major aircraft carriers along with a cruiser.
	www.pbs.org /search/redir/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/timeline/1942.html (242 words)

	The Battle of the Java Sea \| Eureka! Classics \| Eureka Entertainment
		The Northern coast of Java was the setting for a dramatic battle at sea, on 27 February 1942.
		The Battle of the Java Sea is not a historical film in the usual sense of the word, nor is it a heroic epic.
		Paradoxically, the survivors of the battle were courteously rescued from the waves by their Japanese opponents, only to spend years in a POW camp.
	www.eurekavideo.co.uk /classics/the-battle-of-the-java-sea (460 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Battle of Sunda Strait - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the Battle of Sunda Strait was a naval battle which occurred during World War II.
		In late February 1942, Japanese amphibious forces were preparing to invade Java, in the Netherlands East Indies.
		The ABDA force engaged the Japanese force in the Java Sea.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Battle_of_Sunda_Strait (1011 words)

	Java Fun and Games: It's contest time - Java World
		Java games are promoted by providing a huge library of free and entertaining Java games, by facilitating game-programming contests, and by giving game authors (regardless of their participation in contests) access to a community that provides valuable feedback for their games.
		Java 4K is Java Unlimited's first contest, described by the company as "the ultimate byte-squeezing Java challenge!" The idea: Build an entire game that fits into 4096 bytes.
		Clearly, Sea Battle violates the 4096-byte limit and cannot be entered into the contest without reducing its size.
	www.javaworld.com /javaworld/jw-02-2007/jw-02-games.html (2140 words)

	The Battle of the Java Sea: February 27, 1942, by Vincent P. O'Hara
		In fact two invasion convoys were already at sea — the Western Invasion Fleet sailed on February 18 from Camranh Bay in Indochina and the Eastern Fleet on the 19th from Jolo, Philippines.
		The sea around the milling Allied ships was punctuated by random eruptions caused by the torpedoes as they exploded at the end of their runs.
		The observations collected by Winslow in The Ghost That Died at Sunda Strait are intended to prove that the Allies inflicted far greater damage then the Japanese admitted to during this battle, including the sinking of one heavy cruiser and damage to the balance of the fleet.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/java_sea.htm (4711 words)

	Java - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A chain of active volcanic mountains, most densely forested with teak, palms, and other woods, traverses the length of the island from east to west; Mt. Semeru rises to 12,060 ft (3,676 m).
		The Sailendra dynasty (760-860 in Java) unified the Sumatran and Javan kingdoms and built in Java the magnificent Buddhist temple Borobudur.
		From the 10th to the 15th cent., E Java was the center of Hindu-Javanese culture.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/j/java.asp (889 words)

	Carrier Battles in the Pacific - 1942 ... and other WWII battles in the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The story of the battle of the Java sea begins on December 7, 1941.
		The sea was calm, visibility extreme, and the two fleets were on the converging courses.
		Because they used up a lot of ammo in the battle of the Java sea the day before, soon all they were left with were practice shells.
	www.everblue.net /1942/java.php (6444 words)

	Japanese Navy Ships -- Yukikaze (Destroyer, 1940)
		She was next in action in the long and difficult Guadalcanal Campaign, serving as an escort in the carrier battles of the Eastern Solomons in August and the Santa Cruz Islands in October.
		In the June 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea Yukikaze served as an escort for the Japanese oilers.
		On 24-25 October, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, she was part of the primary striking force which, after enduring U.S. carrier plane attacks in the Sibuyan Sea, battled American escort aircraft carriers and their destroyer companions in the Battle off Samar.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/japan/japsh-xz/yukikaze.htm (1066 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log - Battle of the Java Sea, in which Exeter was sunk
		Battle of the Java Sea, in which Exeter was sunk
		This is the report by the Captain of Exeter, covering the Battle of the Java Sea, in which Exeter was sunk, and Captain O.L.Gordon RN was taken a POW by the Japanese.
		He recorded the event some three weeks after the action, and hid his notes over his 3.5 years of captivity in a hollowed out shaving cream tube, and then based this despatch to the Admiralty on his long hidden notes after he was freed at the end of WW2.
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/BattleoftheJavaSeainwhich.html (5203 words)

	Java Sea
		Battle of Java Sea is fought as Allied naval force (RAdm Doorman, RNN) of five cruisers and 11 destroyers in Java Sea near Surabaya attack Japanese support force covering Java invasion convoy.
		Seaplane tender Langley (AV-3), carrying 32 USAAF P-40s earmarked for the defense of Java, is bombed by Japanese naval land attack planes 75 miles south of Tjilatjap, Java.
		Battle of Sunda Strait continues as heavy cruiser Houston (CA-30) and Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth heading for Sunda Strait, are attacked by three Japanese cruisers and nine destroyers.
	www.ww2pacific.com /java.html (2070 words)

	Dr. Dobb's \| Programming HotJava Applets \| July 22, 2001
		A Java program (myprogram.java, for example) is compiled into bytecodes that are interpreted at run time by the Java interpreter.
		Java and its packages attempt to supply all the mechanisms of the native GUI APIs for systems such as X, Macintosh OS, and Windows through a common syntax.
		For someone who's built GUI apps with Java before, one of the greatest temptations is to just go wild--creating windows left and right, changing the menu bar, and so on--but you're often limited by the visibility (or lack thereof) of variables.
	www.ddj.com /184409736?pgno=5 (2741 words)

	ava Sea
		A series of battles make up what is called the Battle of Java Sea.
		The battle began at 1616 with Japanese heavy cruiser under the command of Admiral Takagi Takeo, Nachi and Haguro,, when they opened fire on the Houston and the Exeter.
		It sailed with the freighter Seawitch for Java, its cargo, planes and pilots.
	www.multied.com /WW2/events/javasea.html (300 words)

	Avalanche Press (Site not responding. Last check: )
		There are a number of alternate orders of battle provided, as neither side could be completely sure just which enemy ships might appear over the horizon.
		Bomb Alley covered the entire Mediterranean Sea, from the outbreak of war in 1940 until the end of contested naval operations in 1942.
		The Battle of the Java Sea, the last sortie of HMS Prince of Wales, the heroic last fight of the USS Houston and more are covered.
	www.avalanchepress.com /line_WWIISea.php (906 words)

	NEW ENGLAND COMICS \| Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The all-new first issue of FAMOUS NAVAL BATTLES OF WW2 examines one of the most important naval engagements of World War II, The Battle of the Philipine Sea.
		Also known as the Battle of the Java Sea, this confrontation pitted dozens of U.S. carriers, battleships, cruisers, and support ships against the cream of the Japanese Navy.
		The battle was close but the final result spelled inevitable defeat for the Empire of Japan.
	www.newenglandcomics.com /cgi-bin/shop/search.cgi?user_id=22633&database=tick.csv&template=details.htm&0_option=1&0=NSP30068 (93 words)

	Strategy Simulation War Turn Based C64 MSX Amiga Old Console Games Linux Unix Games Mac Games Mobile Cello Phone Games ...
		The conditions of battle are created by combining a game of tag with the rock, scissors and paper paradigm.
		This game of Sea Battle is an exercise in Windows32 programming.
		Battle more than 100 different enemies in medieval, mythical lands.
	www.games14.com /strategy_simulation_war_turn_based_game_download (592 words)

	Java Sea
		On February 27-28, 1942 was the Battle of the Java Sea.
		A few WWI four stack destroyers miraculously got away before the battle ended, having been ordered out of the fray when their armament and fuel was exhausted.
		The Allied forces put to sea on the 26th on the news that invasion convoys are approaching.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/indonesia_javasea.html (415 words)

	Command Ship Sailors Commemorate WWII Heroes From 60 Years Past
		The 7th Fleet/Blue Ridge Java Sea commemoration ceremony, a stirring and fitting memorial highlighted by the laying to rest of a ceremonial wreath in the vicinity of where the major portion of the battle took place, brought full circle the sacrifices and similarities Sailors of yesteryear and today willingly undertake.
		He told of the battles that occurred prior to the Java Sea fight -- battles that were supposed to slow the advance of the Imperial Japanese Navy, but had little success.
		Additional ribbons, representing Indonesia and all others lost at sea, were also tied to the wreath, which was then solemnly carried to the starboard side of the ship, raised by the four wreath bearers over the lifeline and committed to the sea.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=944 (867 words)

	WW2DB: Java Campaign
		This battle was the first large-scale engagement between Japanese and Allied fleets, and it resulted in a Japanese victory.
		The victors of the Battle of the Sunda Strait delivered the Western Force, and the victors of the Battle of the Java Sea delivered the Eastern Force.
		The termination of the Java area battles saw the Japanese securing the vast resources of the Southwest Pacific and establishing a defensive perimeter along the arc of large islands stretching from Singapore south and east through Sumatra, Java, the northern shore of New Guinea, and Rabaul in New Britain.
	www.ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=23 (3067 words)

	Opening Salvo: War at Sea - Pt. 2
		Her tour of duty would include numerous battles, including but not limited to: Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Port Darwin, Battle of Java Sea, Indian Ocean Raids, Battle of Midway, Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf, until the final annihilation of the Japanese Imperial Fleet in 1945.
		The HMS Exeter would be the only cruiser to escape the main battle, though she would be intercepted by Japanese cruisers and sunk before making it to safety.
		This was actually a series of battles around the Leyte Gulf, including the Battle of Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Straight, and Battle off Samar, Battle of Cape Engano, and the Battle of Ormoc Bay.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=ah/aam/ah20070206c (2121 words)

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