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When war began in January of 1941, the US Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor managed to defeat a Japanese attempt to put them out of action with a sneak attack on their main base in Hawaii. However, the US fleet in the Philippines wasn't so lucky. What was left, was forced to flee and they headed south to Java, making using Surabaya as their port of operations. Ships from the US and the UK also gathered at the port creating an allied fleet. By mid February, the fleet was called into action when Japanese forces landed on eastern Borneo, in order to capture the military bases there.

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  • Battle of the Java Sea (The War That Came Early)
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  • When war began in January of 1941, the US Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor managed to defeat a Japanese attempt to put them out of action with a sneak attack on their main base in Hawaii. However, the US fleet in the Philippines wasn't so lucky. What was left, was forced to flee and they headed south to Java, making using Surabaya as their port of operations. Ships from the US and the UK also gathered at the port creating an allied fleet. By mid February, the fleet was called into action when Japanese forces landed on eastern Borneo, in order to capture the military bases there.
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Date
  • February 1941
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Result
  • Japanese victory
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  • 15(xsd:integer)
Place
  • Java Sea, Coast of Borneo
Conflict
  • Battle of the Java Sea
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  • When war began in January of 1941, the US Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor managed to defeat a Japanese attempt to put them out of action with a sneak attack on their main base in Hawaii. However, the US fleet in the Philippines wasn't so lucky. What was left, was forced to flee and they headed south to Java, making using Surabaya as their port of operations. Ships from the US and the UK also gathered at the port creating an allied fleet. By mid February, the fleet was called into action when Japanese forces landed on eastern Borneo, in order to capture the military bases there.
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