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<p>six <a href="page.php?w=fleet_carrier">fleet carrier</a>s, fifteen smaller carriers and over 750 aircraft.</p>

<p><big>Background</big></p>
<p>Following their <a href="page.php?w=Indian_Ocean_raid">retreat to the western side of the Indian Ocean</a> in 1942, British naval forces did not return to the <a href="page.php?w=South_West_Pacific_theatre">South West Pacific theatre</a> until 17 May 1944, when an Allied carrier task force implemented <a href="page.php?w=Operation_Transom">Operation Transom</a>, a joint raid on <a href="page.php?w=Surabaya">Surabaya</a>,</p><p>
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