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This week in the War, 30 March–5 April 1942: Preserving the Eastern Fleet

This week in the war, 31 March 1942, having been warned of an imminent Japanese attack, Admiral James Somerville sailed his fleet—the British Eastern Fleet—out of Colombo, Ceylon, to a secret base at Addu Atoll in the Maldives. His intent … Continue reading

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