Battle of the Java Sea

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of the Java Sea was a major World War II naval engagement in early 1942 in which Japanese forces decisively defeated an Allied fleet, leading to the fall of the Dutch East Indies.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Battle of the Java Sea canonical 39
Battle of Java Sea 1
Battle of Java Sea campaign 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alliedCommanderKilled Karel Doorman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Java Sea
belligerent ABDA Command ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Netherlands ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
campaign Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ
surface form: Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies
combatant Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
commander Karel Doorman ⓘ
Shōji Nishimura ⓘ
surface form: Shoji Nishimura

Takeo Takagi ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence destruction of main Allied naval force in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
facilitated Japanese invasion of Java ⓘ
fall of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
date 1942-02-27 ⓘ
endDate 1942-02-27 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Sunda Strait ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Sunda Strait

Second Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
location Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Java Sea ⓘ
near Java ⓘ
notableShipSunk HMS Electra ⓘ
HMS Exeter ⓘ
HMS Jupiter ⓘ
Dutch Navy ship HNLMS De Ruyter ⓘ
surface form: HNLMS De Ruyter

HNLMS Java ⓘ
HNLMS Kortenaer ⓘ
USS Pope ⓘ
objective defend Java from Japanese invasion ⓘ
outcome decisive Japanese naval victory ⓘ
partOf Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ
result Japanese victory ⓘ
startDate 1942-02-27 ⓘ
strategicSignificance eliminated Allied naval opposition around Java ⓘ
secured Japanese control of sea lanes in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
theater Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: Pacific theater of World War II

Southeast Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial Japanese Navy → engagedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea → precededBy → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea
Dutch East Indies campaign → involvedBattle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Dutch East Indies campaign → involvedBattle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Java Sea (second phase)
Dutch East Indies campaign → involvedBattle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Java Sea (air operations)
Java Sea → notableEvent → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Java Sea → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Java Sea
Second Fleet → engagedInBattle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
IJN cruiser Naka → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Takeo Takagi → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
ABDA Command → notableBattle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Type 93 Long Lance torpedo → usedInBattle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Sunda Strait → precededBy → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Makassar Strait → followedBy → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia → conflict → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Kumano → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Japanese heavy cruiser Atago → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Karel Doorman → notableFor → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
HNLMS Java → conflict → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
HNLMS Java → sunkDuring → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
HNLMS Kortenaer → battle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Kinugasa → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
HMS Electra → conflict → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
HMS Electra → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
HMS Electra → sunkDuring → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
USS Pope → battle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita → participantIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Takeo Kurita
heavy cruiser Maya → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers → notableEngagement → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
IJN Jintsu → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) → engagement → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Second Battle of the Java Sea → partOf → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Java Sea campaign
Second Battle of the Java Sea → precededBy → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Battle of the Java Sea
Japanese heavy cruiser Myōkō → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Japanese cruiser Suzuya → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Java Sea campaign
USS Houston (CA-30) → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
ABDA → notableBattle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: ABDA Command
Japanese cruiser Kumano → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Takao class → notableEngagement → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force → engagedInBattle → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
HMAS Perth (D29) → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ
Japanese destroyer Isokaze → participatedIn → Battle of the Java Sea ⓘ