Under the clear blueish waters of Chuuk Atoll inwards the South Pacific , 7 degrees due north of the equator , near New Republic of Guinea , lies the wreck of a dozen Japanese warships , to a greater extent than than 30 merchant ships , as well as hundreds of aircrafts. The fleet was ane time stationed inwards Truk Lagoon , at ane time known every bit Chuuk , which was a major base of operations of the Japanese Imperial Navy inwards the South Pacific , during the Second World War. The armada included battleships , aircraft carriers , cruisers , destroyers , tankers , cargo ships , tugboats , gunboats , minesweepers , landing arts and crafts , as well as submarines. It was Japan's equivalent of the Americans' Pearl Harbor
The atoll was located inside make of the Republic of the Marshall Islands as well as was a meaning rootage of back upward for Japanese garrisons located on islands as well as atolls throughout the fundamental as well as S Pacific. These islands had facilities such every bit airstrips , submarine repair shops , a communications midpoint , as well as a radar station. Coastal defence guns as well as mortar emplacements protected these facilities. With thousands of troops as well as heavy armament with the islands , Truk had give-up the ghost the “Gibraltar of the Pacific” as well as a meaning threat to Allied functioning inwards the Pacific. Neutralization of this threat became essential for the Allies.
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