Operation Starvation

Operation Starvation
Part of the Pacific War

B-29 dropping sea mines over Japanese home waters
DateApril 1945
Location
Japanese territorial waters
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

Operation Starvation was a naval mining operation conducted in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to disrupt Japanese shipping.

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