Chronology of World War II
Saturday, April 4
The Ceylon Raid Gets Underway
Operation
C
- the Ceylon Raid, gets underway, March 26, 1942:
Akagi
leaves Staring Bay, to be followed by
Soryu
,
Hiryu
, the battleships
Hiei
,
Kongo
,
Kirishima
and
Haruna
, then carriers
Shokaku
and
Zuikaku
. Note that
Akagi
and
Hiryu
have portside bridge structures.