Japanese destroyer Nadakaze
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The Japanese destroyer Nadakaze was one of 15 Minekaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1920s. The ship was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and then into a destro
Nadakaze on high speed trials, 1921
Dutch East Indies campaign
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The Dutch East Indies campaign of 1941–1942 was the conquest of the Dutch East Indies by forces of the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied forces attempte
Japanese destroyer Nadakaze
…and then into a destroyer transport the next year. After the start of the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in late 1941, the Dutch East Indies campaign in early 1942 and played a minor role in the Battle of Midway in mid-1942. She was sunk by a British submarine in mid-1945. The Minekaze class was…
Japanese forces land on Java.
Dutch delegation at Kalijati during the negotiation for Dutch surrender