Battle of the Makassar Strait

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of the Makassar Strait was a World War II naval engagement in early 1942 between Allied and Japanese forces in the Dutch East Indies, notable for Japan’s use of air power to repel an Allied attempt to disrupt its advance.

Aliases (1)

Battle of Makassar Strait ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → naval battle →
airPowerRole	decisive Japanese air attacks forced Allied withdrawal →
AlliedObjective	to attack Japanese invasion shipping →
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Makassar Strait →
belligerent	ABDA Command → Imperial Japanese Navy → Royal Australian Navy → Royal Netherlands Navy → United States Navy →
campaign	Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies →
commander	Karel Doorman → Takeo Takagi → William A. Glassford →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	Australia → Empire of Japan → Netherlands → United States of America →
date	1942-02-04 →
endDate	1942-02-04 →
followedBy	Battle of the Java Sea →
historicalPeriod	20th century →
involves	naval aviation → surface warships →
JapaneseObjective	to protect invasion convoys in the Dutch East Indies →
location	Dutch East Indies → Makassar Strait →
navalTheater	Makassar Strait and surrounding waters →
notableFor	Allied attempt to intercept Japanese invasion convoy → Japanese use of land-based air power against Allied cruisers →
objective	to disrupt Japanese advance in the Dutch East Indies →
outcome	Allied attempt to disrupt Japanese advance repelled →
participant	Allied cruisers → Allied destroyers → Japanese heavy cruisers →
partOf	Dutch East Indies campaign → Pacific War →
precededBy	Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies →
region	Maritime Southeast Asia →
result	Japanese victory →
startDate	1942-02-04 →
strategicSignificance	contributed to Japanese control of the Dutch East Indies sea lanes →
tacticUsed	aerial torpedo attacks → high-level bombing →
theater	Southeast Asian theatre of World War II →
year	1942 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of the Makassar Strait ("Battle of Makassar Strait") →	alsoKnownAs
Dutch East Indies campaign →	involvedBattle
Battle of the Java Sea →	precededBy