Japanese raid in the Indian Ocean

[Diagram by types of ship] [Diagram by Task Groups]

Start: Jeudi 26 mars 1942

Ending: Vendredi 10 avril 1942

The Japanese try to provoke a general confrontation with the British Eastern fleet around Ceylon. The British prefer to avoid the fight and retreat to the western Indian Ocean. A second Japanese force swept the Gulf of Bengal.

Place: Indian Ocean

	Allied	Axis
Forces	Sommerville (Force A, rapid force): 2 carriers, 1 battleship, 2 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 6 destroyers. Willis (Force B, slow): 1 carrier, 4 battleships, 3 light cruisers, 8 destroyers. Total: 3 carriers, 5 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 5 light cruisers, 14 destroyers	Nagumo (1°Air fleet): 5 carriers, 4 battleships, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 9 destroyers. Ozawa (Malay Force: raid in the Gulf of Bengal): 1 light carrier, 5 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers, 11 destroyers. Logistic (Nagumo's logistic group): 2 destroyers. Total: 5 carriers, 1 light carrier, 4 battleships, 7 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers, 22 destroyers
Losses	1 carrier, 2 heavy cruisers, 2 destroyers, 1 auxiliary cruiser, 1 corvette, 1 auxiliary ship, 1 oiler lost.	-.

Webmaster's question(s) and remark(s): What was the composition of Nagumo's logistic group ? Were the Japanese destroyers Isonami, Uranami and Ayanami actively involved in the raid in the Gulf of Bengal ? Were the British destroyers Foxhound and Norman with the Eastern fleet at the time ?

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