Battle of Java Sea Holds Crucial Lessons for Today Jan 1, 2021 6 min read COMMENTARY BY Brent Sadler @brentdsadler ...

Journal of Maritime Archaeology, Vol. 16, No. 1 (MARCH 2021), pp. 39-56 (18 pages) Three Dutch naval ships, HNLMS De Ruyter, HNLMS Java and HNLMS Kortenaer, were lost during the Battle of the Java Sea ...

History Lesson: The Battle of Java Sea On the heels of Pearl Harbor, Allied forces were handed a crushing defeat by the Japanese. The battle has lessons for today’s military planners. By Robert ...

In early November, an international diving expedition set out from Indonesia into the Sea of Java to find the wrecks of several Dutch warships that sank during World War II.

The area was declared a sacred war grave, Time reported. "The Battle for Java Sea is part of our collective memory," Dutch defense minister Jeanine Hennis said, according to the Dutch News.

Fact File : Battle of Java Sea 27 February to 1 March 1942 Theatre: Pacific Area: Java Sea (between Java and Borneo) Players: Allies: ABDA Eastern Strike Force (five cruisers and nine destroyers ...

The remains of the Dutch vessels are from the Battle of the Java Sea, which was fought in 1942 between Allied and Japanese forces.

In Part Two, the second battle to be considered is the Battle of the Java Sea, engaging British, Dutch, and Australian as well as US ships, although, since it took place before the Coral Sea ...

The Battle of Java Sea, fought on February 27, 1942, marked the high tide of Japanese naval power in the Pacific.