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An RAF Bristol Blenheim bombers patrol over Ceylon. Singhalese women labourers RAF flying boat station at Red Hills Lake, Ceylon. The British had occupied the coastal areas of the island since 1796, but after 1917 the colony had no regular garrison of British troops. The Ceylon Defence Force and Ceylon Navy Volunteer Reserve were mobilised and ...
The Indian Ocean raid, also known as Operation C [2] or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases around British Ceylon , but failed to locate and destroy the bulk ...
World War II sites in Sri Lanka (19 P) Pages in category "Military history of Ceylon in World War II" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
No. 222 Group was a group of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.Formed on 1 September 1941, based at Ceylon.Squadrons were stationed around the Indian Ocean.The group undertook long-range bombing and mine-laying operations that took them as far afield as Sumatra and Singapore.
Units belonging to the Ceylon Defence Force (CDF), including the Ceylon Garrison Artillery (CGA), the Ceylon Light Infantry (CLI) and the Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps, were mobilised on 2 September 1939, the day before Britain declared war on Nazi Germany. The CGA was equipped with six-inch (152 mm) and nine-inch (227 mm) guns.
The Easter Sunday Raid was an air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid by carrier-based aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 5 April 1942. The Japanese objective was to destroy the Ceylon-based British Eastern Fleet in harbour.
Military history of Ceylon in World War II (4 C, 10 P) P. Ceylonese people of World War II (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Ceylon in World War II"
On 20 May 1944, the division sailed for Ceylon, where the division was assembled on 20 July.In August the organisation was slightly changed, with supporting arms which had previously been distributed between the brigades being controlled centrally by the division HQ.