Attack on Iles du Surèté: Difference between revisions

Attack on Iles du Surèté
	Part of World War II
	; Photograph of the Taoist aircraft carrier Sōkita about a day before the attack.
Date	November 9, 1941
Location	Tostall Base, Iles du Surèté, Rhodevus.
Result	Major Taoist tactical & strategic victory
Belligerents
Rhodevus	Empire of the Tao
Commanders and leaders
Linton Ruben; Wilt Lindon; Alan Dakota	Rokurō Yuudai; Hikari Gorō; Atsushi Shou; Shingo Tomomi
Strength
≈5,000 infantry; 3 battleships; 14 cruisers; 29 destroyers; 5 submarines; 18 patrol boats; 25 other ships; ≈260 aircraft	≈3,000 marines; 7 aircraft carriers; 2 battleships; 2 heavy cruisers; 10 destroyers; ≈35 submarines; ≈440 aircraft
Casualties and losses
2 battleships sunk; 1 battleship captured; 4 cruisers sunk; 3 cruisers captured; 5 cruisers damaged; 1 destroyers sunk; 5 destroyers damaged; ≈200 aircraft destroyed; remaining aircraft captured; 2,687 killed; 1,873 wounded; ≈ 5,100 infantry and seamen captured	3 submarines sunk; 42 aircraft destroyed; 109 aircraft damaged; 908 killed; 2,981 wounded

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 |combatant1={{flag|Rhodevus}}
 |combatant2={{flag|Empire of the Tao}}
-|commander1={{flagdeco|Rhodevus}} Linton Ruben<br>{{flagdeco|Rhodevus}} Gabriel Winters<br>{{flagdeco|Rhodevus}} Alan Dakota
+|commander1={{flagdeco|Rhodevus}} Linton Ruben<br>{{flagdeco|Rhodevus}} Wilt Lindon<br>{{flagdeco|Rhodevus}} Alan Dakota
 |commander2={{flagicon|Taoist Empire|naval}} [[Rokurō Yuudai]]<br>{{flagicon|Taoist Empire|naval}} Hikari Gorō<br>{{flagicon|Taoist Empire|naval}} Atsushi Shou<br>{{flagicon|Taoist Empire|naval}} Shingo Tomomi
 |strength1=≈5,000 infantry<br />3 battleships<br />14 cruisers<br />29 destroyers<br />5 submarines<br />18 patrol boats<br />25 other ships<br />≈260 aircraft

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