The Indian Ocean raid, also known as Operation C[2] or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases around British Ceylon, but failed to locate and destroy the bulk of the British Eastern Fleet. The Eastern Fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir James Somerville, was forewarned by intelligence and sailed from its bases prior to the raid; its attempt to attack the Japanese was frustrated by poor tactical intelligence.
Following the attack the British expected a major Japanese offensive in the Indian Ocean. The main base of the Eastern Fleet relocated to East Africa, and Ceylon was reinforced, but Somerville kept his fast carrier division, Force A, "...in Indian waters, to be ready to deal with any attempt by the enemy to command those waters with light forces only."[3] However, the Japanese had no short-term plans to follow up on their success, and within the year operations in the Pacific made it impossible to do so.
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The IndianOceanraid, also known as Operation C or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from...
disrupting Allied trade in the IndianOcean. Initial anti-shipping measures of unrestricted submarine warfare and covert raiding ships expanded to include...
Japanese conducted a naval sortie against Allied naval forces in the IndianOcean. The Fast Carrier Task Force (Kidō Butai), consisting of six carriers...
ships were sunk by aerial attack while underway. In April 1942, the IndianOceanraid drove the Royal Navy from South East Asia. After these successes,...
Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet. In April 1942 Admiral Chūichi Nagumo's powerful IndianOceanraid inflicted heavy losses on his fleet. However, in spring 1944, with...
numerous assaults on allied land positions, and her participation in the IndianOceanraid, where her dive bombers sank or helped to sink numerous major British...
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The Doolittle Raid, also known as Doolittle's Raid, as well as the Tokyo Raid, was an air raid on 18 April 1942 by the United States on the Japanese capital...
achieved their first major success against the Royal Navy during their IndianOceanraid in April 1942. D3A1 dive bombers scored over 80% hits with their bombs...
The Easter Sunday Raid was an air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the IndianOceanraid by carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 5 April...
only 12% of Japan's pre-war merchant tonnage was still afloat. The IndianOceanraid was a naval sortie by the Carrier Striking Task Force of the Japanese...
time. Captured in raids primarily south of the Sahara, predominately black Africans were traded as slaves to the Middle East, IndianOcean islands (including...
Algernon Willis. This force came under attack during the Japanese IndianOceanraid and on 9 April Hermes and Vampire were sunk by aircraft from the |Japanese...
aircraft during the IndianOceanraid. HMS Hollyhock: British corvette sunk 9 April 1942 by carrier-based aircraft during the IndianOceanraid. HMS Pathfinder:...
was a component of the (fast force) of the Eastern Fleet during the IndianOceanraid April to May 1942. Force B Originally stationed at Malta, took part...
remaining Allied warships. In April, he crossed into the IndianOcean to support the large-scale raid against the Royal Navy at and near Ceylon. Yamaguchi...
The IndianOcean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2 (27,240,000 sq mi) or ~20% of the water on Earth's...
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