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  2. Indian Ocean raid - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Ocean raid, also known as Operation C[2] or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases around British Ceylon, but failed to locate and destroy the bulk ...

  3. Indian Ocean Adventure: The Japanese Raids on Ceylon

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    Indian Ocean Adventure is a two-player board game that simulates the raid and the British commander's response. [1] The game uses a set of rules developed for two previous carrier fleet wargames, Coral Sea: Turning the Japanese Advance, and Battle for Midway, with some special rules added for night operations — the Japanese player is not ...

  4. Easter Sunday Raid - Wikipedia

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    26 aircraft. Many more killed on the ground. [2] The Easter Sunday Raid was an air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid by carrier -based aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 5 April 1942. The Japanese objective was to destroy the Ceylon-based British Eastern Fleet in harbour. The British preemptively dispersed shipping ...

  5. Ceylon in World War II - Wikipedia

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    Ceylon Navy Volunteer Reserve. Eritrea, 14 September 1943 entering Port of Colombo to surrender following interception by HMS Overdale Wyke of the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force. Whaleback HSL 164, a Type Two 63 ft HSL, off Colombo with a Hawker Hurricane overhead. The Ceylon Navy Volunteer Reserve was taken over by the Royal Navy.

  6. Leonard Birchall - Wikipedia

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    Canadian Forces' Decoration. Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, CM, OBE, DFC, OOnt, CD (6 July 1915 – 10 September 2004), "The Saviour of Ceylon", was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) officer who warned of a Japanese attack on the island of Ceylon during the Second World War.

  7. List of World War II video games - Wikipedia

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    Operation Fall Gelb – The Battle for France (2016) (Mobile only) Battle Series: Kursk – Battle at Prochorovka (2017) Battle Series: Eastern Front – Battle for Korsun (2018) Battle Series Pacific: Battle for Iwo Jima (2020) Battle Series: Eastern Front – KRIM: The War in the Crimea 1941–42 (2020)

  8. Battle of Madagascar - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Madagascar (5 May – 6 November 1942) was an Allied campaign to capture the Vichy French-controlled island Madagascar during World War II.The seizure of the island by the British was to deny Madagascar's ports to the Imperial Japanese Navy and to prevent the loss or impairment of the Allied shipping routes to India, Australia and Southeast Asia.

  9. The Campaign for North Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Campaign for North Africa (CNA), subtitled "The Desert War, 1940–43", is a strategic board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1978 that simulates the entire North African Campaign of World War II. It is considered one of the most complex wargames ever published, with ten recommended players and an estimated total ...