In 1942, the Japanese surged through the Dutch East Indies, conquering territory at an incredible pace. By February, Japanese ...

Having severely lost the Battle of the Java Sea, the remaining Allied fleet prepared to leave Java behind and sail to ...

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 ...