Operation Starvation
Operation Starvation was a naval mining operation conducted in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to disrupt Japanese shipping.
| Operation Starvation | |||||
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| Part of the Pacific War | |||||
B-29 dropping sea mines over Japanese home waters | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| United States | Empire of Japan | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Chester Nimitz | Koshirō Oikawa | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 15 aircraft lost | 670 ships sunk or damaged, totaling 1,250,000+ tons | ||||
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