Battle of Java Ends with Allied Surrender to Japan, March 12, 1942
The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Empire of Japan in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
Date: March 12, 1942
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