Asia Pacific, 27 Feb 1942: Battle of Java Sea
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Political map of East Asia and the Western Pacific on 27 Feb 1942 (WWII: The Greater East Asia War: Battle of Java Sea), showing the following events: Battle of Bataan; Fall of Singapore; Bombing of Darwin; Battle of the Java Sea.

S o v i e t U n i o n

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Neth.)

Japanese
Empire

Mongolia(Sov. sat.)

South Seas Agency(Jap. mand.)

New Guinea(Aus. mand.)

Warlords(Nat. Ch. infl.)

Nationalist
China

Australia(Br. dom.)

Philippines(Jap. occ.)

French
Indochina(Jap. pres.)

Solomon Is.(Br.)

Hawaii(US terr.)

Malaya(Jap. occ.)

Tuva(Sov. sat.)

Xinjiang(Sov. infl.)

Papua(Aus. terr.)

Manchukuo(Jap. pup.)

Alaska(US terr.)

Thailand(Jap. sat.)

Sarawak(Jap. occ.)

Kuril Islands(Jap.)

Mong. A.F.(Jap. prot.)

North
China(Jap. occ.)

R.N.G.
China(Jap. pup.)

Ryukyu Is.(Jap.)

N. Borneo(Jap. occ.)

Brunei(Jap. occ.)

P. Timor(Jap. part. occ.)

Nauru(Aus. mand.)

W. Samoa(NZ mand.)

American
Samoa(U.S.)

Gilbert

Islands(Jap. occ.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Union Is.(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(US pres.)

Marshall

Islands(Jap.)

H.K.(Jap. occ.)

Guam(Jap. occ.)

Mariana

Islands(Jap.)

Wake I.(Jap. occ.)

C a r o l i n e I s l a n d s(Jap.)

Paracel Is.(Jap. occ.)

Spratly Is.(Jap. occ.)

Bonin Is.(Jap.)

Volcano Is.(Jap.)

Singapore(Jap. occ.)

Canton(US adm.)

International
Date Line

7 Jan–9 Apr 1942US forces hold Bataan
against Japanese

15 Feb 1942Singapore
surrenders

19 Feb 1942Japanese bomb Darwin

27 Feb 1942Japan destroys Allied fleet in Java Sea

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