Operation Hailstone
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Operation Hailstone was a large-scale United States Navy air and surface attack on Truk Lagoon on 17–18 February 1944, conducted as part of the American offensive drive against the Imperial Japanese N
Japanese ships off Dublon Island.
Japanese ammunition ship Aikoku Maru exploding after a torpedo hit, 17 February 1944.
Chuuk Lagoon
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Chuuk Lagoon, previously Truk Atoll, is an atoll in the central Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,800 kilometres northeast of New Guinea and is part of Chuuk State within the Federated States of Micrones
Operation Hailstone
…Operation Hailstone was a large-scale United States Navy air and surface attack on Truk Lagoon on 17–18 February 1944, conducted as part of the American offensive drive against the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War…
Chuuk islands
Native Micronesian of Japanese Truk Island, circa 1930s.
Japanese battleships Yamato and Musashi in anchorage off Truk Islands in 1943