What the records say
- When
- 17 Feb 1944
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 7.34° N, 151.88° E
- Description
- 1944 United States naval operation during World War II
Operation Hailstone
American attack on Truk Lagoon during World War II
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 II.
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- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Hailstone contre la base japonaise de Truk dans les îles Carolines”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “米軍によるトラック島空襲”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page