Back ক্রিসমাস দ্বীপের যুদ্ধ Bengali/Bangla Batalla de l'illa Christmas Catalan Eroberung der Weihnachtsinsel German Batalla de la Isla de Navidad Spanish نبرد جزیره کریسمس FA Joulusaaren taistelu Finnish Bataille de l'île Christmas French Pertempuran Pulau Natal ID Battaglia dell'isola di Natale Italian 日本軍のクリスマス島占領 Japanese
| Battle of Christmas Island | |||||||||
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| Part of the Indian Ocean theatre and Pacific Theatre of World War II | |||||||||
 Christmas Island | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Japan | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Unknown |
 Shōji Nishimura | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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Land: 32 infantry Sea: 1 submarine |
Land: 850 infantry Sea: 3 light cruisers 8 destroyers 1 oiler 2 troop transports Air: Unknown aircraft | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 27 captured | 1 light cruiser damaged | ||||||||
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The Battle of Christmas Island was a small engagement which began on 31 March 1942, during World War II. Assisted by a mutiny of soldiers of the British Indian Army against their British officers, Imperial Japanese Army troops were able to occupy Christmas Island without any land-based resistance. The United States Navy submarine Seawolf caused severe damage to the Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Naka during the landings.