On February 27, 1942, the Battle of the Java Sea erupted as Allied forces, led by Dutch Rear-Admiral Karel Doorman, made a last-ditch attempt to stop the Japanese invasion of Java. Outnumbered but ...

The Karel Doorman Fund expedition had planned to capture video footage of the Dutch war wrecks in preparation for next year's 75th anniversary commemorations of the Battles of the Java Sea.

ROCKFORD, Mich. — At Valley View Elementary, Principal Karel is making a name for himself not just as a leader, but as a fun-loving, costume-wearing principal who brings an extra dose of ...

The U.S. Navy reported last year that the wreck of the American cruiser USS Houston, which sank in February 1942 in the Sunda Strait, southwest of the Java Sea, with around 650 sailors and marines ...

HNLMS De Ruyter with 345 men on board was the flagship of Dutch Rear-Admiral Karel Doorman Three Dutch World War Two ships considered war graves have vanished from the bottom of the Java Sea, the ...

Area: Java Sea (between Java and Borneo) Players : Allies: ABDA Eastern Strike Force (five cruisers and nine destroyers) commanded by the Dutch Rear Admiral Karel Doorman. Japan: 2nd and 4th ...