This area is the grave of hundreds of warships from World War II and is considered important evidence for a bloody period.
An international investigation is underway to examine the mysterious disappearance of three Dutch warships sinking under the Java Sea off the coast of Indonesia. The Dutch Ministry of Defense said the bodies were gone completely while the third had lost much of its area. These 3 boats sank in 1942 during World War II escalating.
In 2002, amateur divers first discovered the Dutch warships. In the 75th anniversary of the battle in the Java Sea, scientists are shocked to find traces of three ancient boats almost no longer.
At the ultrasound scanner, the researchers found traces of the boat on the seafloor, but when down, the three warships were "wingless".
The Dutch Defense Ministry said: "The wreck of the HNLMS De Ruyter and the Java HNLMS have disappeared completely. Most of the Kortenaer HNLMS area is gone. "
Three Dutch warships sank during the Java naval war when Japanese forces attacked the allies including the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia in February 1942. This was one of the most costly naval battles and led to the Japanese occupation of the East Indies in Indonesia.
Three warships from World War 2 were scrapped in Indonesia? - 2
De Ruyter also suffered the same deep-sea fate of 1942.
The battle killed 2,200 people, including 900 Dutch, 250 Dutch East Indies and 3 sinking.
"We are investigating what happened to these wrecks while reporting the situation to the parliament," the Dutch Defense Ministry said. "Intrusion into the waters of a shipwreck is a terrible insult." Many experts say the wreck has been salvaged by Indonesian people and scrapped by iron.
The sea around Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia is the grave of hundreds of warships and submarines during the Second World War. Many people have been plunged into the sea and stole metals including aluminum, iron and copper to sell the sword. word.
A diving school in Malaysia once told the New Straits Times that the wreck was blown up with explosives and scrapped on the shore for sale.
US troops in 2014 also reported illegal encroachment around the USS Houston warships sank during the Sunda Strait battle in the Java Sea. 650 sailors died in this battle.
According to Vleugels, director of the Holocaust Memorial Fund, the ANP said: "Those who have sacrificed here need rest."
According to Quang Minh - Guardian (Dan Viet)
