British Pacific Fleet
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british-pacific-fleet-168-18250005
title:
British Pacific Fleet
text:
The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a Royal Navy formation that saw action against Japan during the Second World War. It was formed from aircraft carriers, other surface warships, submarines and supply vessels of the RN and British Commonwealth navies in November 1944. After formation in Ceylon, the BPF began with operations against Japanese resources in Sumatra before moving to Australia where it made its headquarters at Sydney with a forward base at Manus Island off Papua New Guinea. The fleet
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Second World War fleet of the Royal Navy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Pacific_Fleet
date created:
2004-03-09T04:47:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T09:09:50Z
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