At the Java Sea, Admiral Doorman led a desperate Allied force against a stronger Japanese fleet. Outmatched, outgunned, and ...

The voice was like a voice of doom. It was the voice of Dr. Hubertus Johannes van Mook, Lieutenant Governor General of The Netherlands East Indies: It is not that dozens of battleships, scores of ...

A closely watched feud over Java standards moves closer to resolution, but questions over the value of that standard still linger. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

The Battle of Java Sea, fought on February 27, 1942, marked the high tide of Japanese naval power in the Pacific. Poor organization, strategic confusion, inter-service competition, and national ...

Asia Is Racing to the Arctic, But It’s Not Easy On the heels of Pearl Harbor, Allied forces were handed a crushing defeat by the Japanese. The battle has lessons for today’s military planners. On ...