Battle of the Sunda Strait

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of the Sunda Strait was a World War II naval engagement in early 1942 in which Allied cruisers were sunk by Japanese forces while attempting to escape through the strait between Java and Sumatra.

Aliases (2)

Action in Sunda Strait ×1
Battle of Sunda Strait ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → naval battle →
AlliedShipsInvolved	HMAS Perth (D29) → USS Houston (CA-30) →
alsoKnownAs	Action in Sunda Strait →
belligerent	Allies → Imperial Japanese Navy →
casualties	heavy Allied casualties →
combatant	Imperial Japanese Navy → Royal Australian Navy → United States Navy →
commander	Albert H. Rooks NERFINISHED → Hector Waller → Takeo Kurita →
conflict	World War II →
country	Netherlands East Indies →
date	1942-02-28 → 1942-03-01 →
endDate	1942-03-01 →
followedBy	Japanese occupation of Java →
JapaneseForcesInvolved	Japanese cruisers → Japanese destroyers → Japanese troop transports →
locatedBetween	Java → Sumatra →
location	Java Sea → Sunda Strait →
notableFor	sinking of HMAS Perth → sinking of USS Houston →
objective	Allied attempt to escape from Java →
partOf	Allied campaign in the Dutch East Indies → Pacific War →
precededBy	Battle of the Java Sea →
result	Japanese victory →
shipDamaged	Japanese cruiser Mikuma → Japanese cruiser Mogami →
shipSunk	HMAS Perth (D29) → Japanese transport Ryujo Maru → Japanese transport Sakura Maru → USS Houston (CA-30) →
startDate	1942-02-28 →
strategicContext	Japanese invasion of Java →
tacticalSituation	confused engagement with friendly fire by Japanese ships → night action →
theater	Pacific theater of operations → Southeast Asian theatre of World War II →
year	1942 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of the Sunda Strait ("Action in Sunda Strait") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of the Java Sea ("Battle of Sunda Strait") →	followedBy
Dutch East Indies campaign →	involvedBattle