{"id":64346,"date":"2021-02-28T04:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-28T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=64346"},"modified":"2023-04-09T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T15:38:59","slug":"japan-destroys-allied-armada-in-biggest-naval-battle-in-decades-ww2-131-february-27-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/02\/28\/japan-destroys-allied-armada-in-biggest-naval-battle-in-decades-ww2-131-february-27-1942\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Destroys Allied Armada in Biggest Naval Battle in Decades &#8211; WW2 &#8211; 131 &#8211; February 27, 1942"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ekTTnSJVqCU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 27 Feb 2021<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese are advancing in the Dutch East Indies and Burma, brushing aside defenders, but their biggest victory this week is at sea, when they not only brush aside the ABDA Fleet, but literally wipe it out of existence. 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