| Operation Stab | |||||||
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| Part of the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom Australia Netherlands |
 Japan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 James Somerville | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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1 battleship 2 carriers 4 light cruisers 6 destroyers 1 minelayer 2 corvettes 2 sloops 1 aux vessel 2 tankers 10 transport ships | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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4 aircraft destroyed 4 dead |
1 aircraft destroyed 9 dead | ||||||
| British losses were due to accidents. | |||||||
Operation Stab was a British naval deception during the Second World War to distract Japanese units for the upcoming Guadalcanal campaign by US forces.
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