February 27th, 1942
World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied (ABDA) strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies event on February 27, 1942. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around February 27, 1942
February 28th, 1942 | Death | Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (born in 1889) |
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