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

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 ...

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 ...