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Operation Lilliput (World War II) was the name given to a convoy operation directed by G.H.Q. Operations Instructions Number 21 of 20 October 1942 for transportation of troops, weapons, and supplies in a regular transport service between Milne Bay and Oro Bay, New Guinea between 18 December 1942 and June 1943 in order "to cover reinforcement, supply, and development of the Buna-Gona area upon its anticipated capture" by the Australian 7th Division and the United States Army's 32d Division. Within six months, the convoys, escorted by Royal Australian Navy corvettes and largely composed of Dutch KPM merchant ships, had delivered 60,000 tons of supplies and 3,802 troops from Milne Bay to Oro Bay. Corvettes provided the majority of the escort force. Losses during Imperial Japanese air attacks

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  • Die Operation Lilliput war ein alliierter Konvoieinsatz zur Unterstützung der australischen und US-amerikanischen Eroberung des Gebiets zwischen Buna und an der Nordostküste des vom Kaiserreich Japan besetzten Territorium Papua während des Pazifikkriegs im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Die Operation wurde vom Hauptquartier des Southwest Pacific Area geleitet. In den sechs Monaten ab Dezember 1942 konnten mit den Konvois, die hauptsächlich von Korvetten begleitet wurden, 3.802 Soldaten und rund 60.000 Tonnen Nachschub an Vorräten, Waffen und Munition angelandet werden. Die Verluste während japanischer Luftangriffe beliefen sich auf zwei versenkte und zwei schwer beschädigte Handelsschiffe. Einige der Korvetten erlitten ebenfalls Schäden und Verluste. (de)
  • Operation Lilliput (World War II) was the name given to a convoy operation directed by G.H.Q. Operations Instructions Number 21 of 20 October 1942 for transportation of troops, weapons, and supplies in a regular transport service between Milne Bay and Oro Bay, New Guinea between 18 December 1942 and June 1943 in order "to cover reinforcement, supply, and development of the Buna-Gona area upon its anticipated capture" by the Australian 7th Division and the United States Army's 32d Division. Within six months, the convoys, escorted by Royal Australian Navy corvettes and largely composed of Dutch KPM merchant ships, had delivered 60,000 tons of supplies and 3,802 troops from Milne Bay to Oro Bay. Corvettes provided the majority of the escort force. Losses during Imperial Japanese air attacks amounted to two merchant ships, 's Jacob and Van Heemskerk, sunk and two badly damaged while several of the corvettes also sustained damage and casualties. (en)
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  • Die Operation Lilliput war ein alliierter Konvoieinsatz zur Unterstützung der australischen und US-amerikanischen Eroberung des Gebiets zwischen Buna und an der Nordostküste des vom Kaiserreich Japan besetzten Territorium Papua während des Pazifikkriegs im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Die Operation wurde vom Hauptquartier des Southwest Pacific Area geleitet. (de)
  • Operation Lilliput (World War II) was the name given to a convoy operation directed by G.H.Q. Operations Instructions Number 21 of 20 October 1942 for transportation of troops, weapons, and supplies in a regular transport service between Milne Bay and Oro Bay, New Guinea between 18 December 1942 and June 1943 in order "to cover reinforcement, supply, and development of the Buna-Gona area upon its anticipated capture" by the Australian 7th Division and the United States Army's 32d Division. Within six months, the convoys, escorted by Royal Australian Navy corvettes and largely composed of Dutch KPM merchant ships, had delivered 60,000 tons of supplies and 3,802 troops from Milne Bay to Oro Bay. Corvettes provided the majority of the escort force. Losses during Imperial Japanese air attacks (en)
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  • Operation Lilliput (de)
  • Operation Lilliput (en)
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