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Their aircraft carried out a photo reconnaissance sweep of the area around [[Port Swettenham]], 200 miles north of Singapore, on 14–16 April, before concluding the raid with an attack on Emmahaven (northern Sumatra) and Padang.<ref>http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-05CVE-Khedive.htm</ref> |
Their aircraft carried out a photo reconnaissance sweep of the area around [[Port Swettenham]], 200 miles north of Singapore, on 14–16 April, before concluding the raid with an attack on Emmahaven (northern Sumatra) and Padang.<ref>http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-05CVE-Khedive.htm</ref> |
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It had its origins in the proposed Operation Sounder.<ref>{{cite web|website=National Archives of Australia|url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=235327&S=1&R=0|title=The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 -Part 1 page =47-48|page=117-119}} |
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*[http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/private_records/record-details/8bbc031f-948b-11e4-859c-0050568939ad Operation details] at National Archives of Singapore |
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*{{cite web|website=National Archives of Australia|url=https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=235327&S=1&R=0|title=The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 - Operations Part 1 page 49-50|page=123-125}} |
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Revision as of 14:01, 4 June 2019
Operation Sunfish was a military operation by Allied troops in April 1945.
It involved the battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth and the French battleship Richelieu.
Their aircraft carried out a photo reconnaissance sweep of the area around Port Swettenham, 200 miles north of Singapore, on 14–16 April, before concluding the raid with an attack on Emmahaven (northern Sumatra) and Padang.[1]
It had its origins in the proposed Operation Sounder.<ref>"The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 -Part 1 page =47-48". National Archives of Australia. p. 117-119. {{cite web}}: Missing pipe in: |title= (help)
References
External links
- Operation details at National Archives of Singapore
- "The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 - Operations Part 1 page 49-50". National Archives of Australia. p. 123-125.