Indian Ocean in World War II
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indian-ocean-in-world-war-ii-180-9094612
title:
Indian Ocean in World War II
text:
Prior to World War II, the Indian Ocean was an important maritime trade route between European nations and their colonial territories in East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, British India, Indochina, the East Indies (Indonesia), and Australia for a long time. Naval presence was dominated by the Royal Navy Eastern Fleet and the Royal Australian Navy as World War II began, with a major portion of the Royal Netherlands Navy operating in the Dutch East Indies and the Red Sea Flotilla of the Italian R
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Naval theatre of operations
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_in_World_War_II
date created:
2008-10-08T15:52:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T08:28:49Z
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