On the record
Every Japanese transport sunk off Java is one less transport that they can use to carry reinforcements to their army opposing General MacArthur in Luzon.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “Every Japanese transport sunk off Java is one less transport that they can use to carry reinforcements to their army…”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt points out the strategic significance of disrupting Japanese supply lines during the conflict.
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