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Surrender of Java

Japan · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1942Date range
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Chronological records

1942

Hitoshi Imamura9 March 1942

Bandung · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Imamura receives the capitulation of Allied forces on Java, completing the principal Japanese campaign on the island.

Names involved

Hitoshi Imamura

Provenance

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