Battle of Makassar Strait
{'<entity_0>': 'Battle of Makassar Strait', '<entity_1>': 'Dutch East Indies', '<entity_2>': 'Makassar Strait', '<entity_3>': '04 February 1942', '<entity_4>': 'World War II', '<entity_5>': 'naval battle', '<entity_6>': 'Java Sea'}
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The <entity_0>, also known as the Action of Madura Strait, the Action North of Lombok Strait and the Battle of the Flores Sea, was a <entity_5> of the Pacific theater of <entity_4>. The battle occurred on <entity_3> in the <entity_6>, closer to the Kangean Islands than to <entity_2>. On the morning of <entity_3>, the ABDA strike force headed out for <entity_2>, in search of the Japanese invasion force, which was reported to be passing through the straits and was now said to include three cruisers and 18 destroyers, escorting transports and other ships, under Sho-sho (Rear Admiral) Takeo Takagi. The retreat of the strike force resulted in the Japanese taking control of <entity_2> and thereby tightening their grip on the western part of the <entity_1>.
['conflict', 'naval battle']