Tentara Jepang menduduki Pulau Natal pada tanggal 31 Maret 1942 selama Perang Dunia II. Akibat pemberontakan tentara India terhadap perwira Britania Raya, tentara Jepang dapat menduduki Pulau Natal tanpa perlawanan. Namun, kapal selam Amerika Serikat Seawolf menyebabkan kerusakan terhadap kapal penjelajah ringan Jepang, Naka.
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- Gill, G. Hermon (1968). Volume II – Royal Australian Navy, 1942–1945. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Canberra: Australian War Memorial. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2006-08-27. Diakses tanggal 2006-11-20. "On 31st March an enemy force comprising three light cruisers, four destroyers and two transports made an unopposed landing at Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island.)"
- Woodmore, F.P. (1996). Christmas Island Explorer's Guide. Christmas Island: Lone Island Publications. ISBN 0-646-249988-3. - See pp. 28-29, and 111. A traveler's guide to the island, with notes about the island's history (and directions to the old 6" gun position where a memorial to the slain soldiers exists).
- Hara, Tameichi (1961). Japanese Destroyer Captain. New York & Toronto: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-27894-1. - Brief, first-hand account of the battle by the captain of the Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze. He personally witnessed the torpedo hit the Naka.
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