Operation Anvil
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| Operation Anvil | |||||||
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| Part of the Casaterran theatre, Pan-Septentrion War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| New Tyran | Reberiya | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 George Godwyn James Cole |
 Some dude | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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4 battleships 1 aircraft carrier 1 escort carrier 2 heavy cruisers 4 light cruisers 12 destroyers 18 torpedo bombers 18 dive bombers 24 fighters |
2 battleships 4 cruisers 8 destroyers Multiple support craft | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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4 aircraft destroyed 2 captured 2 killed |
1 battleship sunk 1 battleship heavily damaged 4 cruisers sunk 4 destroyers sunk 3 destroyers damaged | ||||||
Operation Anvil (Battle of Portomyr) was a Royal Navy operation during the Pan-Septentrion War, that took place on the night of 21-22 July 1940. The main goal of the attack was to neutralise or destroy the portion of the Reberiyan fleet at anchor at the naval base in Portomyr, to deny it the ability to harrass Anglian shipping in the Crimson Sea. It was one of the first all aircraft naval attacks in history, and further demostrated the effectiveness of naval aviation over the battleship.
Background
Before the war in Casaterra broke out, the Reberiyan Navy based a squadron of battleships with accompanying escorts in Portomyr. While the battleships of the Reberiyan Navy weren't as modern as the ones in Anglian or Sieuxerrian service, they still posed a significant threat to Allied shipping, so the Royal Navy developed a plan to destroy or at least disable the Reberiyan ships while they were still at anchor.