Karel Doorman
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Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman was a Royal Netherlands Navy officer who during World War II commanded remnants of the short-lived American-British-Dutch-Australian Command naval strike forces in
Doorman in 1930
HNLMS De Ruyter
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
Karel Doorman
…de With HNLMS Evertsen HNLMS Sumatra HNLMS Java Naval Aviation, East Indies East Indies Squadron ABDA Combined Striking Force Conflict World War II Dutch East Indies Campaign Battle of Makassar Strait Battle of Badung Strait Battle of the Java Sea † Awards Military Order of William Order of the Netherlands Lion Order of…
Japanese forces land on Java.
Dutch delegation at Kalijati during the negotiation for Dutch surrender