Oil Tanks burning, Tanjung Priok, Java

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Oil Tanks burning, Tanjung Priok, Java
Here we see a Japanese soldier watching the oil tanks and oil cars burning at Tanjung Priok, the port of Jakarta on Java, towards the end of the Japanese conquest of Java. The oil tanks had been set on fire by the Dutch before their surrender.
Rising Sun, Falling Skies: The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II, Jeffrey R. Cox. A brilliant account of the doomed desperate attempt by the Allies to defend the Dutch East Indies, focusing on the naval campaign that ended with crushing defeats in the Java Sea and the loss of most Allied warships either in battle or while attempting to escape. [read full review]
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (26 October 2024), Oil Tanks burning, Tanjung Priok, Java , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_burning_oil_tanks_tanjung_priok.html

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