8/10/2023 0 Comments Revenge class heavy carrierAdmiral Somerville decided to base his fleet there, rather than at Ceylon. Unknown to the Japanese, before the war the British had been developing a secret base at Addu Atoll in the Maldive Islands. He estimated the Japanese fleet would attack Ceylon on April 1st or April 2nd, including the naval bases at Colombo and Trincomalee. Admiral Somerville had been alerted of the Japanese deployment and general plans through signals that were intercepted and decrypted.
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