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...aggressive action within the narrow East Indian waters. In the first 54 days of war his ships and cooperating Dutch planes sank 54 Japanese vessels. "Ship-a-day Helfrich," the Dutch soon called him. His ideas dominated the enlarging and equipping of Java's main naval base at Surabaya, where heavy cruisers (but not battleships) can be fueled and repaired. For the Helfrich plan to succeed, Surabaya must be held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Dutchman's Chance | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

Japanese bombers ravaged the hot and busy streets of Surabaya in eastern Java, heralding a seaborne drive at the Indies' No. 1 naval base. The U.S. Asiatic Fleet was based at Surabaya, and before the bombs came U.S. sailors strolling among the stucco shops, the bright roadways, the bungalowed suburbs thought it was all remarkably like home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Golden Isle | 2/16/1942 | See Source »

This fact makes a lot of difference in the Battle of the Pacific. It means that from bases which the Japanese already control they can bomb most of China, all of Burma, a quarter of India, all of The Netherlands East Indies (including the Allies' present naval headquarters, Surabaya) and a big piece of Australia (including the Allies' likeliest next naval headquarters, Darwin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms Across the Sky | 2/9/1942 | See Source »

Blood on the Moon. Born in Surabaya, Hein ter Poorten, like most other Dutch colonials, had seen blood on the moon over the Java Sea since he was a slim stripling. It was part of life in the underarmed, fabulously rich, strangely strategic Indies, lying like a rich, jewel-encrusted girdle athwart the sea traffic of half the world. Some day the hungry Jap would snatch at that girdle to pilfer its jewels. If he succeeded, that half of the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Het is Zoover | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

When the Jap struck, the Indies were as ready as could be expected. Admiral Helfrich had a respectably equipped Navy: five cruisers, more than 20 submarines, a well-trained but small fleet of destroyers (six to eight), torpedo boats and auxiliaries. He also had a vastly strengthened base at Surabaya, where everything but capital ships could be overhauled, a good secondary base on Amboina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Het is Zoover | 1/26/1942 | See Source »

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