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Operation Tiderace was the codename of the British plan to retake Singapore in 1945.〔Park, p. 2156, para 360.〕 The liberation force was led by Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command. Tiderace was initiated in coordination with Operation Zipper, which involved the liberation of Malaya. ==Background== With the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and an American planned invasion of Japan, South East Asia Command were also drawing up plans to invade Malaya, codenamed Operation Zipper. With over 100,000 Allied infantry,〔Park, p. 2155, para 349.〕 the plan was to capture Port Swettenham and Port Dickson, and would involve an airstrike of more than 500 aircraft of the Royal Air Force. The assault was scheduled for 9 September 1945, but was forestalled following the Surrender of Japan.〔Park, p. 2155, para 351.〕 Operation Tiderace was planned soon after the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Emergency planning was put in preparation for the rapid occupation of Singapore at an early date should Japan agree to accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration of 26 July.〔Park, pp. 2155–2156, para 358.〕 While Operation Zipper was executed ahead of schedule, it did so on a much smaller scale, having quickly transferred a proportion of its original strength to Operation Tiderace. The convoy consisted of about 90 ships, which included two battleships, and the French battleship ''Richelieu''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=H.M.S. Cleopatra )〕 The heavy cruiser HMS ''Sussex'' served as the flagship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=H.M.S. Sussex )〕 HMAS ''Hawkesbury'' was the sole Australian warship during the Japanese surrender, escorting the repatriation transport ''Duntroon''. There were a total of seven escort carriers: , HMS ''Attacker'', , HMS ''Empress'', HMS ''Hunter'', HMS ''Khedive'' and HMS ''Stalker''. The Japanese naval fleet in Singapore consisted of the destroyer ''Kamikaze'' and two cruisers, ''Myōkō'' and ''Takao'', both of which had been so badly damaged before that they were being used as floating anti-aircraft batteries. Two ex-German U-boats, ''I-501'' and ''I-502'' were also in Singapore. Both were moored at Singapore Naval Base. Air strength in both Malaya and Sumatra was estimated to be a little more than 170 aircraft.〔Park, p. 2156, para 371.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Tiderace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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