Operation Stab

Operation Stab
Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War
Date21 July 1942 – 4 August 1942
Location15°N 88°E / 15°N 88°E / 15; 88
Result Allied success
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Netherlands
Empire of Japan Japan
Commanders and leaders
James Somerville Unknown
Units involved
1 battleship
2 carriers
4 light cruisers
6 destroyers
1 minelayer
2 corvettes
2 sloops
1 aux vessel
2 tankers
10 transport ships
Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 aircraft destroyed
4 killed (flying accidents)
1 aircraft destroyed
9 killed

Operation Stab was a British naval deception during the Second World War to distract Japanese units for the forthcoming Guadalcanal campaign by the US armed forces.


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