• Operation Robson (20 December 1944) was the first of a series of aerial operations, Operation Outflank, undertaken by the British Pacific Fleet (BPF)...
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  • of Japan on the island of Sumatra: Operation Robson (20 December 1944) Operation Lentil (4 January 1945) Operation Meridian I (24 January 1945), II (29...
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    Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is a British former professional tennis player. She debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2007, and a year later won...
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  • from December 1944 to January 1945, with operations at Belawan Deli and Palembang, Operation Robson and Operation Meridian respectively, when the Commanding...
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    June 2013, Philip was admitted to the London Clinic for an exploratory operation on his abdomen, spending 11 days in hospital. In May 2014, he appeared...
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    Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English football player and coach. His career included periods playing for and later...
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    oil refineries at Pangkalan Brandan (Operation Robson). In early January 1945, she was available for Operation Lentil, a repeat raid on the oil refineries...
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    carriers Indomitable, Indefatigable and Victorious for an air attack (operation Robson) against a refinery at Belawan Deli, in North Sumatra The carrier squadrons...
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  • Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of...
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    Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September...
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    Indian Ocean in World War II (category Naval battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
    by Japanese destroyers in the Strait of Malacca. 17 December 1944: Operation Robson air raid against northern Sumatra by HMS Indomitable and Illustrious...
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    December 1944, Newcastle left Ceylon as part of the escort force for Operation Robson, a carrier strike by Illustrious and Indomitable against targets in...
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  • re-embarked for operations, in HMS Indomitable, participating in attacks on the oil installations at Belawan Deli in Sumatra, Operation Robson. In January...
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  • reassigned to the newly established British Pacific Fleet (BPF). Then, Operation Robson was conducted from 17 to 22 December and involved an aerial assault...
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  • his brother Frank Robson and brothers-in-law Sam and Bud Walton, he expanded Walmart as a franchise operation across the country. Robson Orr graduated from...
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  • operations including Operation Cockpit, Operation Transom, Operation Crimson, Operation Robson, Operation Outflank, Operation Meridian and Operation Iceberg...
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  • Pablo Marañón, 87, Spanish footballer (Barcelona, Sabadell, Catalonia). Robson Mrombe, 79, Zimbabwean Olympic athlete (1964). José Mujica, 89, Uruguayan...
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    became the first on-campus home for the program after 82 years of operation. Edward J. Robson is a 1954 graduate of Colorado College and played three years...
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    Belawan Deli during Operation Robson a month later, as the ship escorted the main body of the fleet. She did much the same during Operation Lentil, another...
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  • The squadron resumed its operations over Sumatra in December 1944 and January 1945 participating in Operations Millet, Robson, Lentil and Meridian. The...
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    other targets in the Nicobar Islands as part of Operation Millet, 15–19 October. During Operation Robson, an aerial attack on the oil refinery complex at...
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    formed on 22 November 1944, and took part in the fleet's first operation, Operation Robson, a strike by carrier-borne aircraft from Indomitable and Illustrious...
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    Operation Sea Lion, also written as Operation Sealion (German: Unternehmen Seelöwe), was Nazi Germany's code name for their planned invasion of the United...
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    before she was assigned to the Eastern Fleet by late 1944. During Operation Robson, an aerial attack on the oil refinery complex at Pangkalan Brandan...
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    seem to have survived. Pen initialed, surcharged values exist; of these Robson Lowe commented, "All are rare. We do not recall selling a copy in over 25...
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    Bar-Zohar, Michael and Mishal, Nissim. Mossad: The Great Operations of Israel's Secret Service. The Robson Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84954-368-2. Ben-Menashe,...
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    Pacific Fleet (BPF). The BPF operated against targets in Sumatra, (operations Robson and Meridian) gaining experience until early 1945, when it departed...
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    John Robson (14 March 1824 – 29 June 1892) was a Canadian journalist and politician, who served as the ninth premier of British Columbia. Robson spent...
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    The Robson Valley is a geographic region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, comprising the section of the Rocky Mountain Trench that lies southeast...
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    Arithmetic is an elementary branch of mathematics that deals with numerical operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In a wider sense...
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