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On 7th March, 1942 Japanese forces, who had landed in
Java on 1st March, occupied Batavia, the capital, and 3 days
later the Dutch Naval Base at Surabaya and the city of Bandung. Dutch Forces
surrendered on March 8th to avoid an aerial massacre of the civilian
population. With this, the fighting in Java came to an end. The Dutch lost most
of their Navy in trying to prevent Japanese landings, and Japanese air
superiority neutralised the Dutch Air Force. The Japanese, who used ten
divisions, claimed 93,000 Dutch, and 5,000 British, Australian and American
troops as prisoners.
A
detailed description of many of the battles fought by Dutch Forces and others
can be found at
http://www.geocities.com/dutcheastindies/ |
