The Battle of the Java Sea

New York: Stein and Day, 1969. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. Second printing. No jacket. Former USAF copy. Jacket flap adhered to and blind stamp on front free endpaper, ink transfer on front paste-down endpaper, surface tear on rear free endpaper. 1969 Hard Cover. 259 pp. The Battle of the Java Sea was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied navies suffered a disastrous defeat at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 27 February 1942 and in secondary actions over successive days. The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) Strike Force commander— Dutch Rear Admiral Karel Doorman—was killed. The aftermath of the battle included several smaller actions around Java, including the smaller but also significant Battle of Sunda Strait. These defeats led to Japanese occupation of the entire Dutch East Indies.