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Operation Tiderace

BelligerentsJapan7th Area Army10th Area FleetUnited KingdomIndiaAustraliaFrance (Naval only)Commanders and leadersSeishirō Itagaki(POW)Shigeru Fukudome(POW)Lord Louis MountbattenRobert ManserghStrength 77,000 infantry2 heavy cruisers1 destroyer2 submarines 60,000 infantry7 escort carriers2 battleships1 heavy cruiser2 light cruisers15 destroyers3 Royal Fleet Auxiliary3 hospital ships14 merchant vessels43 landing ship, infantryCasualties and losses 300 suicides76,700 captured 1 battleship damagedOperation Tiderace was the codename of the British plan to retake Singapore following the Japanese surrender in 1945.

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