British Pacific Fleet (BPF) - British fleet arrives in Sydney, 1945 Footage of the British Pacific Fleet passing through Sydney Heads and making preparations for operations off Sakishima Gunto alongside the United States Navy. Important to remember there were two allied fleets in the Pacific from 1944, the British Pacific Fleet, included RN, RAN, RNZN and RCN assets. It was one of the largest British fleets ever assembled operating 21 carriers, over a thousand Fleet Air Arm pilots, 4 battleships

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Meanwhile the war goes on… British Pacific Fleet 1945 - the largest fleet in Royal Navy history, almost half a million men and women assigned from Britain Commonwealth Forces, Merchant Navy and support personnel.. #WW2 #History | British & Commonwealth Forces

Step back to the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, and then forward to a U.S. Navy whose heritage remains true to that infamous day, all the while protecting American interests at home and abroad. See the expanded video at https://youtu.be/7phy9-URfEY to hear firsthand accounts from survivors as we #HonorThem and those who made the ultimate sacrifice during this #PearlHarbor75 anniversary. | U.S. Pacific Fleet

Movietone - The Mighty British Pacific Fleet in Action WW2: The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a Royal Navy formation which saw action against Japan during the Second World War. The fleet was composed of British Commonwealth naval vessels (in order Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada). The BPF formally came into being on 22 November 1944 from the remaining ships of the former Eastern Fleet then being re-designated the East Indies Fleet and continuing to be based in Trincomalee. The British

Scenes from an unidentified Royal Navy carrier of the British Pacific Fleet following the Japanese surrender, September 1945. The start of the clip shows a Supermarine Seafire, an FAA Grumman Avenger and Fairey Firefly landing, the Seafire and Firefly both crash landing. The clip comes from an episode of the British newsreel War Pictorial News, which you can find in full here: https://bit.ly/3JeNRGA Film: IWM WPN 227 | Imperial War Museum London

On this date 76 years ago the Battle of the Coral Sea was underway. Naval History & Heritage Command explains how the enemy's advance in the Pacific was halted for the first time since the attack on Pearl Harbor with the first air-sea fight in history. #NavyHeritage | U.S. Pacific Fleet