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The Battle of Badung Strait was a naval battle of the Pacific War, fought on the night of 25/26 February 1939 in Badung Strait (not to be confused with the West Java city of Bandung) between an Allied fleet under the command of Karel Doorman and the Imperial Japanese Navy. In the engagement, the four Japanese destroyers defeated an Allied force that outnumbered and outgunned them, escorting two transports to safety and sinking the Dutch destroyer Piet Hein. The battle demonstrated the Japanese Navy's considerable superiority over the Allies in night fighting throughout the war.

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  • Battle of Badung Strait (Yellowstone: 1936)
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  • The Battle of Badung Strait was a naval battle of the Pacific War, fought on the night of 25/26 February 1939 in Badung Strait (not to be confused with the West Java city of Bandung) between an Allied fleet under the command of Karel Doorman and the Imperial Japanese Navy. In the engagement, the four Japanese destroyers defeated an Allied force that outnumbered and outgunned them, escorting two transports to safety and sinking the Dutch destroyer Piet Hein. The battle demonstrated the Japanese Navy's considerable superiority over the Allies in night fighting throughout the war.
Strength
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 3(xsd:integer)
  • 4(xsd:integer)
  • 7(xsd:integer)
  • 20(xsd:integer)
  • Air:
  • Sea:
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Partof
  • the Pacific War
Date
  • --02-26
Commander
  • 25(xsd:integer)
Caption
  • HNLMS De Ruyter off Java in 1939.
Casualties
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 3(xsd:integer)
  • 25(xsd:integer)
  • unknown human losses,
  • ~83 wounded,
Result
  • Japanese victory
combatant
  • 25(xsd:integer)
  • US Pacific-Asiatic Zone
Place
  • Badung Strait off Bali in the Dutch East Indies
Conflict
  • Battle of Badung Strait
abstract
  • The Battle of Badung Strait was a naval battle of the Pacific War, fought on the night of 25/26 February 1939 in Badung Strait (not to be confused with the West Java city of Bandung) between an Allied fleet under the command of Karel Doorman and the Imperial Japanese Navy. In the engagement, the four Japanese destroyers defeated an Allied force that outnumbered and outgunned them, escorting two transports to safety and sinking the Dutch destroyer Piet Hein. The battle demonstrated the Japanese Navy's considerable superiority over the Allies in night fighting throughout the war.
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