O que dizem os registros
- Quando
- 5 de abr. de 1942 – 9 de abr. de 1942
- Tipo
- Operação militar
- Coordenadas
- 6.93° N, 79.85° E
- Description
- WWII battle in Ceylon between Britain and Japan
Air raid on Ceylon (5 April 1942)
WWII battle in Ceylon between Britain and Japan
The Air raid on Ceylon also known as the Easter Sunday raid, was an air attack on Colombo, British Ceylon by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft from the aircraft carriers of the 1st Air Fleet during the Indian Ocean raid. The Japanese plan was to destroy the British Eastern Fleet in harbour.
Da Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Ler o artigo
2 fontes o registram
- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Página da fonte
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · registra como “WWII: Easter Sunday Raid – Aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy attack Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Página da fonte