Battle of the Java Sea/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Battle of the Java Sea.

A devastating Imperial Japanese Navy victory over an ad hoc Allied force, 27-28 February 1942, fought by cruisers and destroyers, ending Allied naval resistance in what the Japanese termed the Southern Resource Area by 1 March