USS Marblehead in February 1942, showing bomb damage received in the battle
Date
4 February 1942
Location
Java Sea, Dutch East Indies
Result
Japanese victory
Belligerents
Netherlands United States
Japan
Commanders and leaders
Karel Doorman
Nishizō Tsukahara
Strength
4 cruisers 7 destroyers
37–45 planes (Allied estimate) 60 land based bombers (Japanese reports)
Casualties and losses
70 sailors killed 2 cruisers damaged
4+ planes destroyed
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Japanese offensives, 1940–1942
1940
Manchukuo
Chongqing
South Guangxi
West Suiyuan
Wuyuan
Zaoyang–Yichang
French Indochina
Kaimingjie
Central Hubei
North China
1941
Panjiayu
South Henan
Western Hubei
Shanggao
South Shanxi
2nd Changsha
Malaya
Pearl Harbor
Thailand
Hong Kong
Philippines
Guam
Wake
Sand Island
Niihau
Gilbert Islands
Indian Ocean
Borneo
Dutch East Indies
3rd Changsha
1942
Timor
Burma
New Guinea
Qantas Short Empire shootdown
Singapore
Darwin
Ellwood
Broome
KNILM Douglas DC-3 shootdown
Operation K
Andaman and Nicobar
Christmas Island
Ceylon
Solomons
Tulagi
Coral Sea
Nauru and Ocean Islands
Zhejiang-Jiangxi
Madagascar
Aleutian Islands
Midway
Sydney
Newcastle
Fort Stevens
Dureenbee
Mount Emily
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Dutch East Indies campaign
1941
1st Borneo
1942
Tarakan
Manado
Balikpapan
Kendari
Samarinda
Banjarmasin
Ambon
Makassar Strait
Sumatra
Palembang
Badung Strait
Timor
USS Langley
1st Java Sea
Sunda Strait
Java
Kalijati
Leuwiliang
Tjiater Pass
2nd Java Sea
The Battle of Makassar Strait, also known as the Action of Madura Strait, the Action North of Lombok Strait and the Battle of the Flores Sea, was a naval battle of the Pacific theater of World War II. An American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) fleet—under Schout-bij-nacht (Rear Admiral) Karel Doorman—was on its way to intercept a Japanese invasion convoy reported as bound for Surabaya (its destination was actually Makassar), when it was attacked by 36 Mitsubishi G4M1 "Betty" and 24 Mitsubishi G3M2 "Nell" medium bombers, which forced the fleet to retreat.
The battle occurred on 4 February 1942 in the Java Sea, closer to the Kangean Islands than to Makassar Strait. This battle should not be confused with the Battle of Balikpapan, which occurred over a week earlier on 24 January 1942, which is also sometimes referred to as the "Battle of Makassar Strait".
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