Operation Millet

Bombing of South East Asia, 1944–1945

1st Sabang Surabaya Matterhorn Singapore 2nd Sabang Padang Sigli Millet Outflank Robson Lentil Meridian Balsam Collie Northern Malaya North Western Area

Central Pacific

Southeast Asia

Southwest Pacific

North America

Japan

Manchuria

Second Sino-Japanese War

Operation Millet was a British naval operation in World War II, the objective being the execution naval bombardment and aerial strikes on Japanese positions in the Nicobar Islands, on 17–20 October 1944,^[1] in order to distract Japanese forces from an American invasion of the Philippine province of Leyte. Ships involved included Aircraft carriers HMS Victorious^[1] and HMS Indomitable; battlecruiser HMS Renown; and light cruiser HMS Phoebe.^[2] The mission was troubled, with enemy air attacks destroying four aircraft and caused damage to another five.

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