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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Makassar Strait	3
Battle of the Makassar Strait canonical	3

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 the Makassar Strait ⓘ surface form: Battle of Makassar Strait
belligerent	ABDA Command ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Royal Australian Navy ⓘ Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
campaign	Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ surface form: Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies
commander	Karel Doorman ⓘ Takeo Takagi ⓘ William A. Glassford NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Japan ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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	Dutch East Indies campaign ⓘ surface form: 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	South-East Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: Southeast Asian theatre of World War II
year	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Dutch East Indies campaign → involvedBattle → Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ

Battle of the Java Sea → precededBy → Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ

Battle of the Makassar Strait → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Makassar Strait

Battle of Balikpapan (1942) → followedBy → Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Makassar Strait

USS Houston (CA-30) → participatedIn → Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Makassar Strait

ABDA → notableBattle → Battle of the Makassar Strait ⓘ

subject surface form: ABDA Command