Operation Stab

Operation Stab
	Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War
Date	21 July 1942 – 4 August 1942
Location	Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
Result	Allied success
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Australia; Netherlands	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 dead	1 aircraft destroyed ; 9 dead
	British losses were due to accidents.

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

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