Operation Meridian

Black and white aerial photograph showing an industrial facility on fire
An oil refinery at Palembang on fire after being attacked by the Royal Navy in January 1945

Operation Meridian, also known as the "Palembang Raids" was part of a series of British air attacks directed at Japanese-held oil refineries near Palembang on Sumatra during the Second World War, Meridian had two phases: Meridian I on 24 January 1945 and Meridian II on 29 January. As a result, the critical aviation fuel output of the plants at Palembang was reduced by seventy-five percent.


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