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

7.4K views · 702 reactions | On this day in #NavalHistory the British Home Fleet gets an American escort, the Battle of Komandorski Islands begins, and US Forces sink Japanese ships in the Pacific. https://youtu.be/4rw-y4IIxcs #PartnershipsMatter so why was it important for the #USNavy to support Operation Ironclad #OTD in 1942? | Naval History & Heritage Command | Facebook

782K views · 31K reactions | Take a look at a naval fleet that can never be matched ⚓ This remarkable display includes every class of Royal Navy ship since 1945 – they are made from over a million matchsticks and are looking for new home  | Forces News | Facebook

5K views · 1.1K reactions | During its 1945 visit to Sydney as part...

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

Kamikaze attacks HMS Indefatigable (R10) 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Footage from the British Pacific Fleet off Sakishima Gunto, including a strafing run on HMS Indomitable. One clip shows HMS Indefatigable burning after being hit on the armoured flight deck alongside the island. Indefatigable became the first British carrier to be hit by a kamikaze the day after flying operations resumed, when one of the Japanese planes evaded the CAP and struck the base of the carrier's island on 1 April. The bomb it carried