[Homer_J_Simpson]

Torpedoes Score – 2-3
Japanese Set Back (Hurd) – 3-4
Red Army Tightening Ring on Base that Held 96,000 (Parker) – 4-5
Soviet Seizes Japanese Holdings, Masses Troops Opposite Sakhalin (Brigham) – 6
The War Summarized – 6
British Cripple German Cruiser (Post) – 7-8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 9-10
Academy Award to Joan Fontaine (the winners for 1941) – 11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/feb42/f27feb42.htm

Allies engage Japanese in Java Sea
Friday, February 27, 1942 www.onwar.com

Propaganda poster exhorting the Dutch Navy to fightIn the Pacific... The Battle of the Java Sea. Allied Admiral Doorman commanding a four nation task force of five cruisers and eleven destroyers attempts to engage a Japanese invasion force commanded by Admiral Takagi on its way to Java. In a series of running engagements (February 27-28th), the Allied force is almost totally destroyed.

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http://www.usshouston.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Houston_%28CA-30%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Langley_%28CV-1%29