翻訳と辞書
Words near each other
・ Operation Backfire
・ Operation Backfire (FBI)
・ Operation Backfire (WWII)
・ Operation Backstop
・ Operation Badlands
・ Operation Badr
・ Operation Badr (1973)
・ Operation Badr (1985)
・ Operation Badr order of battle
・ Operation Bagration
・ Operation Baja California
・ Operation Bajadere
・ Operation Balak
・ Operation Balavegaya
・ Operation Balboa
Operation Balsam
・ Operation Bamberg
・ Operation Banner
・ Operation Banquet
・ Operation Banquet (Padang)
・ Operation Barak
・ Operation Baranja
・ Operation Barbarossa
・ Operation Barbarossa – The Struggle for Russia
・ Operation Barclay
・ Operation Barga
・ Operation Barisal
・ Operation Barkhane
・ Operation Barras
・ Operation Barrel Roll


Dictionary Lists
翻訳と辞書 辞書検索 [ 開発暫定版 ]
スポンサード リンク

Operation Balsam : ウィキペディア英語版
Operation Balsam

Operation Balsam was a British naval operation in World War II, from June 10–20, 1945,〔Jürgen Rohwer, ''Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War II'', page 423, 2005.〕 under the command of Commodore Geoffrey Oliver. The third in a string of similar missions, the objectives were the naval bombardment and aerial strikes on Japanese airfields in Sumatra, and Japanese vessels in the Strait of Malacca,〔 and aerial reconnaissance.〔Edwyn Gray, ''Operation Pacific: The Royal Navy's War Against Japan, 1941-1945'', page 238, 1990.〕
==Operational detail==
Naval forces involved sailed from Trincomalee on June 14, 1945.〔(Admiralty War Diaries of World War 2: Eastern Fleet - January to October 1945 ).〕 Ships involved included the escort carriers , , ;〔 cruisers and ;〔 and five destroyers, , , , , and .〔 The carriers transported Grumman F6F Hellcats of the 804 Squadron and 808 Squadron, and Supermarine Seafires of the 809 Squadron.〔John Winton, ''The Forgotten Fleet: The British Navy in the Pacific, 1944-1945'', page 215, 1970.〕
Flights were restricted to photo-reconnaissance over southern Malaya for the first few days of the active operation, on June 18 and 19.〔〔 One account describes how the fighter pilots "were growing restless on a diet of undiluted CAPS, but Commodore Oliver reassured them they would have an opportunity to 'leave their cards'".〔 On June 20, the fighters engaged in their first offensive sorties against the airfields at Lhokseumawe, Medan and Bindjai. The results were reported as follows:

抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)
ウィキペディアで「Operation Balsam」の詳細全文を読む



スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース

Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.