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==Background==

==Background==

In the weeks following the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], the Japanese military achieved victory after victory.  With its oil resources, the Dutch East Indies were the main strategic objective of the Japanese offensive.  By the middle of February 1942, [[Hong Kong]], [[Singapore]], [[Celebes]], [[Borneo]], and most of the [[Philippines]] had fallen, and Japanese forces had landed on Sumatra and Bali.  In January, an Allied combat group, of Dutch, British, Australian, and American ships had been formed under Dutch Rear Admiral Doorman.  In early February, ships from this force had attempted to counter Japanese forces headed for southern Borneo, but were stopped by air attacks.  On the evening of February 26, the fleet was sent from the port of Surabaya to intercept a Japanese invasion force bound for [[Java]].

In the weeks following the attack on [[Pearl Harbor]], the Japanese military achieved victory after victory.  With its oil resources, the Dutch East Indies were the main strategic objective of the Japanese offensive.  By the middle of February 1942, [[Hong Kong]], [[Singapore]], [[Celebes]], [[Borneo]], and most of the [[Philippines]] had fallen, and Japanese forces had landed on Sumatra and Bali.  In January, an Allied combat group, of Dutch, British, Australian, and American ships had been formed under Dutch Rear Admiral Doorman.  In early February, ships from this force had attempted to counter Japanese forces headed for southern Borneo, but were stopped by air attacks.  On the evening of February 26, the fleet was sent from the port of Surabaya to intercept a Japanese invasion force bound for [[Java (island)]].

==Order of Battle==

==Order of Battle==