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USS Houston and HMAS Perth: Heroic Last Stand of the Allied Cruisers, 1942 (Documentary)

Having severely lost the Battle of the Java Sea, the remaining Allied fleet prepared to leave Java behind and sail to ...
UPI

Jap invasion forces land at three points on Java

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Somewhere In Java -- Japanese invasion forces, crossing the Java sea and fighting off heavy Allied air attacks, effected three landings on the north coast of Java Sunday and were ...
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Japanese Heavy Cruiser Nachi

In early 1942, the Japanese invasion forces were on their way to the Dutch East Indies. Fully aware that they had the upper hand against the Allies, they rushed to claim every inch of the Pacific as ...
The National Interest

A U.S. Invasion of Japan Would Have Left Maybe Millions Dead

Here’s What You Need to Remember: As it had against a Mongol amphibious invasion in the 13th Century, the weather gods would have favored Japan. A devastating typhoon in October 1945 would have ...
PBS

On Anniversary of Japanese Invasion, Chinese Protest Fueled by Land Disputes

On the anniversary of an event that triggered the 1931 Japanese invasion and occupation of Manchuria, Chinese activists and protesters went out to demonstrate, some violently. Helping fuel these ...
Time

NETHERLANDS INDIES: JAPANESE IN JAVA

All the open spaces around the great naval airfield at Surabaya, Java, are set with bamboo stakes, about waist high, their tops whittled razor-sharp. A visiting journalist recently asked what they ...