Operation Boomerang
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operation-boomerang-170-8516101
title:
Operation Boomerang
text:
Operation Boomerang was a partially successful air raid by the United States Army Air Forces' (USAAF) XX Bomber Command against oil refining facilities in Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies during World War II. The attack took place on the night of 10/11 August 1944 and involved attempts to bomb an oil refinery at Palembang and lay mines to interdict the Musi River. The raid formed part of a series of attacks on Japanese-occupied cities in South East Asia that XX Bomber Command conducted as an
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description:
United States air raid in Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies during World War II
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Boomerang
date created:
2018-08-04T11:28:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T22:52:24Z
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