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Itharĩka rĩa Indian Ocean
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Itharĩkĩra rĩa Indian Ocean, ĩrĩa yamenyagwo ta Operation C[1] kana Battle of Ceylon na rũthiomi rwa Kĩjapani, warĩ mbaara ya iria ĩrĩa yaambirio nĩ Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) kuuma 31 mweri wa gatano nginya 10 mweri wa kanana mwaka wa 1942. Ndege cia Japan rungu rwa Admiral Chūichi Nagumo nĩ ciakĩrũndire mbũtũ cia ita cia Ngeretha iria ciarĩ mwena wa Ceylon, no itiahotire gũkora na kũthũkia gĩcunjĩ kĩnene kĩa mbũtũ ya ita ya Britain ya mwena wa irathĩro. Iria cia Eastern Fleet, iria ciatongoragio nĩ Admiral Sir James Somerville,
Kũrũmĩrĩra icũgita ĩcio, Ngeretha nĩ cietereire kũrũa na andũ a Japan iria-inĩ rĩa Indian Ocean. Hinya wa mbũtũ cia ita nĩ ciathamirwo mwena wa irathĩro wa Afrika, "..[2] O na kũrĩ ũguo, andũ a Japan matiarĩ na mĩbango ya ihinda inini ya kũrũmĩrĩra ũhootani wao, na thutha wa mwaka ũmwe mĩbango thĩinĩ wa Pacific nĩ yaatũmire kũtihoteke gwĩka ũguo.
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- Boyd, p. 364
- Roskill, p. 29