Java Sea Australian Navy

Australians from HMAS Perth Describe what it was like in action during the Battle of the Java sea in Feb/ March 1942

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Education

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• WW2
• australaians
• australiannavy
• HMASPerth
• Java
• surabaya

[virgoattitude]

By the sounds of it Wellbran you are certainly keen on naval engagements.. you should look for a book "Last stand of the tin can sailors" on ebay. This excellent book is made up of graphic eyewitness accounts during the battle of samar which turned out to be a suicide mission for a handful of US destroyers pitted against the biggest battleships and cruisers of the IJN. In short, the battle of samar is the american equivalent to our "Kokoda".

[WELLBRAN]

@virgoattitude I only take an interest in this battle as my father was in it, and growing up with WW2 ships and Naval talk at home as a small boy my fathers account of this battle stuck in my brain even at a young age. All men of all nationalities have the same opinion of it....it was a complete fiasco and futile attempt...they were just cannon fodder.

[virgoattitude]

@WELLBRAN was your dad on the Exeter? reading about sailor's stories in combat, i'd say there would be very few experiences more terrifying, there is no tree nor rock to hide behind, and neither any earth to dig a hole for cover. To add to all that you'd be faced with complete human carnage in a confined space, then if you're unlucky enough to sink then it's time to face the sharks and starvation.

[WELLBRAN]

@virgoattitude Yes He was on Exeter, see my logo on my name there? watch that video clip on my channel and you will see his story. yes surviving or not is down to luck

[virgoattitude]

As with most battles in both world wars, whether it was the army, navy or airforce, we were always used as battering rams and achieved results. I've got family that served in the AIF and the RAAF in New Guinea/Borneo.. they all said the same thing - it was always the Aussies taking hits for the sake of preserving American and British prestige.

[WELLBRAN]

@virgoattitude Well maybe the generals and politicians saw Aussies as battering rams but if you asked any of the soldiers on the ground of any nationality all you would hear is utmost respect for Australian men in combat....in any war.

[WELLBRAN]

@virgoattitude Aussies good seamen and good fighters

[virgoattitude]

<-- Aussie here, I've read alot about this battle. Respect to our men.

[WELLBRAN]

180 views and no comments... where are the aussies?...your fellow countrymen not worth a comment?