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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.
Hailstone (1944) — naval air attack on Truk; Forager (1944) — assault on Marianas Islands; Galvanic (1943) — assault on Gilbert Islands; Gratitude (1945) — US Navy raid into the South China Sea; Iceberg (1945) — invasion of Okinawa; Inmate (1945) — naval bombardment of Truk; Juneau (1945) — minesweeping operations at Okinawa.
At the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world. It had 20 battleships and battlecruisers ready for service or under construction, twelve aircraft carriers, over 90 light and heavy cruisers, 70 submarines, over 100 destroyers as well as numerous escort ships, minelayers, minesweepers and 232 aircraft.
In addition, these raids provided combat experience for naval aviators as well as for logistical support and replenishment groups prior to initiating renewed British fleet operations in the Pacific. Preparing to Rejoin the Pacific Actions (1944-1945) .
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle of World War II and arguably the largest naval battle in history. ... The British Pacific Fleet operated as a ...
American-British-Dutch-Australian Command; South East Asia Command; Far East Command, the Soviet command during the war against Japan in 1945; Japanese commands: Japanese Combined Fleet, the Japanese command which oversaw naval operations; Southern Expeditionary Army Group, the Japanese army command in the South West Pacific and South East Asia
The U.S. had the largest and most powerful submarine force of all the Allied countries in the Pacific at the outbreak of war. [citation needed] Pre-war U.S. Navy doctrine—like that of all major navies—specified that the main role of submarines was to support the surface fleet by conducting reconnaissance and attacking large enemy warships.