"The 🇯🇵 Japanese battleship Haruna" - (Part 9 = The ship assists the Japanese invasion of Borneo, and assisting toward the destruction of the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet) •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Photo caption - A starboard view of the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Haruna, after her reconstruction. Note the Japanese naval ensign on top of the ship's superstructure amidships. -------------------------------------------- On January 18th 1942, Kondō's Main Force arrived in Palau alongside two fast carriers, with the intention of covering Japan's invasion of Borneo and the Dutch East Indies. Haruna, Maya, and the fleet carriers Hiryū and Sōryūoperated to the east of Mindanao until February 18th 1942, when the Main Body departed Palau in preparation for "Operation J", Japan's invasion of the Dutch East Indies. On February 25th 1942, the Third Battleship Division provided cover for air attacks on Java. -------------------------------------------- Haruna bombarded Christmas Island on March 7th 1942, then returned to Staring-baai for 15 days of maintenance and rest. In April 1942, Haruna joined five fleet carriers in attacks on Colombo in Ceylon. Following the destruction of HMS Dorsetshire (40) on April 5th 1942, Haruna was sent southwest to locate the remainder of the British Eastern Fleet, under the command of Admiral James Somerville. On April 9th 1942, one of her floatplanes spotted the carrier HMS Hermes (95) south of Trincomalee; Japanese airstrikes sank the carrier the same day. Having crippled the offensive capability of Britain's Eastern Fleet, the Third Battleship Division returned to Japan on April 23rd 1942. Haruna was drydocked throughout May 1942 for general repairs and refit. #🇯🇵JapaneseBattleshipHaruna
昨日BIGHORN STEAKにて、ビッグホーンサンドでランチ。ガーリックチップを全て取り除いてからいただきましたが、パンがデニッシュ生地で甘め、ポテトのケチャップも酸味がなく甘め...超甘党でお子様舌の私が言うのもなんだけど、いいのかコレで？ お肉とサラダセットの野菜は非常に美味でした。因みにレモンステーキを頼んだ友人はお米の味を気にしていた...。
夕方解散後は DGS VS MOB LIVE SURVIVEのLVへ。43歳児が頑張っていて可愛かった。ので幸せ。
#Hiroshima#DGS
