Operation Hailstone
Operation Hailstone (known in Japan as Japanese: トラック島空襲 Torakku-tō Kūshū, lit. "the airstrike on Truk Island") was a massive naval air and surface attack launched on February 17–18, 1944, during World War II by the United States Navy against the Japanese naval and air base at Truk in the Caroline Islands, a pre-war Japanese territory.
Read more about Operation Hailstone: Background, Attack, Aftermath, Truk IJN Anchorage Evacuation Log Book, List of Warships in Truk At The Time of Attack, List of Merchant Ships At The Time of Attack and Other Shipwrecks in Truk's Anchorage
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