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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 II.

Operation Hailstone
Operation Hailstone · Photographed by War Correspondent Smith. Torpedo dropped by pilot Lt. Paul Eugene Dickson., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
17 Feb 1944
Where
Chuuk Lagoon
Era
Modern

Topics

Federated States of Micronesia1944 – today

Before and after

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