ABDA Striking Force 1942

The Complete History of the Allied Naval Force Against Japan, the Dutch East Indies Campaign, and the Battle of the Java Sea

von Duygu Yesilcimen

160 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Featuring historical photographs and period imagery, this smoothly written history brings the desperate story of the ABDA Striking Force and the 1942 defense of the Dutch East Indies vividly to life.In the opening months of the Pacific War, Japanese forces advanced rapidly across Southeast Asia. In response, the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and Australia attempted something extraordinarily difficult: combining ships, commanders, and military systems from four nations into a single Allied fighting force.At the center of that effort stood Rear Admiral Karel Doorman and the multinational warships of the ABDA Striking Force.This book follows their story from the creation of ABDA Command and the hurried assembly of its naval forces to the battles of Makassar Strait, Badung Strait, and the Java Sea. Along the way, it explores the cruisers and destroyers that fought together, the problems of communication and coordination, Japanese air and naval power, and the difficult decisions made as the Allied position steadily narrowed.Rather than presenting the campaign as a simple story of victory and defeat, ABDA Striking Force 1942 places the reader aboard an improvised fleet fighting under extraordinary pressure. The narrative explains complex naval operations in clear, accessible language while keeping the people, ships, and uncertainty of the campaign at the center of the story.It is the story of four Allied navies brought together by necessity, a fleet assembled while the war was already moving around it, and the sailors who continued fighting as the defense of the Dutch East Indies approached its decisive moments.An accessible and engaging account of one of the most remarkable multinational naval efforts of the early Pacific War.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174780590
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published