CONTENTS

Prologue

Chapter 1.     On the Day Before

Chapter 2.     Just a Little More Time

Chapter 3.     Breakdown

Chapter 4.     Finding Trouble

Chapter 5.     Shooting at Venus

Chapter 6.     Slapped Together

Chapter 7.     Luck – The Battle of Balikpapan

Chapter 8.     Bloody Shambles

Chapter 9.     Can’t Catch a Break – The Battle of the Flores Sea

Chapter 10.   A Thousand Cuts

Chapter 11.   Too Clever by Half – The Battle of Badoeng Strait

Chapter 12.   No Breath to Catch – Preliminaries to the Battle of the Java Sea

Chapter 13.   Nerk Nerk Nerk – The Sinking of the Langley

Chapter 14.   One Shell – Day Action of the Battle of the Java Sea

Chapter 15.   A Turn Too Far – The Second Part of the Battle of the Java Sea

Chapter 16.   A Hopeless Plan – The Escape from Java

Chapter 17.   Dancing in the Dark – The Battle of Soenda Strait

Chapter 18.   Nowhere to Run – The Second Battle of the Java Sea

Chapter 19.   To the Winds – Escape Attempts from Java

Chapter 20.   Aftermath – Not Quite Vanquished

Notes

Bibliography