Binkov's Battlegrounds on MSN

This Naval Battle Changed the Pacific War

The Battle of the Java Sea was one of the most pivotal naval clashes of World War II in the Pacific, marking a devastating ...
The Japanese conquered Java in eight days. They surged inward from the northern coasts, took the capital at Batavia, chopped up the long island into isolated bits, reduced the naval base at Surabaya ...
If you want to follow, minute by minute, five of the major engagements of World War II in the Pacific as recorded by the British, then this is the book for you. The account of each engagement is drawn ...
On the desk in the breezy, rambling headquarters building in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard lay charts, reconnaissance reports, intelligence advices. These charts, reports, advices were the hither end of a ...
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The Tiny Ship that Drove Japan Insane

In the turbulent waters of the Indian Ocean, by March 1942, the Allies’ time was rapidly running out. The Battle of the Java ...
Australia and Indonesia are sending divers to inspect the wreck of a warship torpedoed off the coast of Java during World War II next month to determine how best to protect the site from looters. The ...