| 词条 | Operation Lentil (Sumatra) |
| 释义 |
Operation Lentil was an air raid by British carrier based aircraft on oil installations at Pangkalan Brandan, an important centre for Indonesian oil production on Sumatra on 4 January 1945. It was part of the larger Operation Outflank and its aim was to disrupt fuel supplies to Japanese forces in the Pacific. Attacking forceThree aircraft carriers, {{HMS|Indomitable|92|6}} HMS Indefatigable and HMS Victorious were escorted by four cruisers (HMS Suffolk, {{HMS|Ceylon|30|2}}, Argonaut and Black Prince) and eight destroyers, which included the 25th Flotilla (Grenville (leader), Ursa, Undaunted, Undine) and the 27th Flotilla (Kempenfelt (leader), Whelp, and Wager). In terms of aircraft numbers, it was the Royal Navy's heaviest assault on the Japanese to date, with the three carriers embarking a total of 88 fighter planes.[1] Despite the lack of discipline from some of the fighter pilots, who abandoned their main mission of protecting the bombers to engage in dogfights with the enemy,[1] the attack was pronounced a moderate success and gave way to follow-up attacks on Japanese oil production in Sumatra, under the codename Operation Meridian.[2] The attack was done under the command of then rear-admiral Philip Vian, who was in charge of the British Pacific Fleet's air operations.[3] A high proportion of the pilots were New Zealanders.[4] Further reading
External links
References1. ^1 {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ro/books?id=48-kAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=Operation+Lentil+sumatra&source=bl&ots=VnYrkI6Nu3&sig=P9XDBQFNKo0OWlIVDXm9Z5JGe3g&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Operation%20Lentil%20sumatra&f=false|title=Operation Pacific: The Royal Navy's War against Japan 1941 - 1945|last=Gray|first=Edwyn|date=|publisher=Pen and Sword|year=1990|isbn=9780850522648|location=London|pages=178|language=en}} 2. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ro/books?id=Km4AAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&dq=Operation+Lentil+sumatra&source=bl&ots=DDChsEww32&sig=PtERNR8KSdZdjuuSKeBx42wMyNo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiG6rT3x9nfAhWlhKYKHYA_BqQQ6AEwDHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Operation%20Lentil%20sumatra&f=false|title=British Naval Aviation in World War II: The US Navy and Anglo-American Relations|last=Guinn|first=Gilbert S.|last2=Bennet|first2=G. H.|date=|publisher=Tauris Academic Studies|year=2007|isbn=9780857711120|location=London, New York|pages=144|language=en}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://codenames.info/operation/lentil/|title=Lentil {{!}} Operations & Codenames of WWII|website=codenames.info|access-date=2019-01-06}} 4. ^{{Cite journal|last=Thomson|first=Patrick Jeremy Lyon|date=2012|title=Kiwi 'drivers' and 'lookers' : an analysis and examination of the significant contribution of New Zealand Fleet Air Arm Aircrew, of the British Pacific Fleet, to Allied Naval Operations 1944-1945|url=https://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10179/4067/02_whole.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|journal=Massey University Theses and Dissertations|volume=|pages=82|via=}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lentil, Operation}}{{coord missing|Indonesia}}{{World-War-II-stub}} 4 : Fleet Air Arm|World War II operations and battles of the Southeast Asia Theatre|Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom|Naval battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。