Basic Overview
Date: 30 April 1944
Scope: Minor
Nature: Sea, Deception/diversion
Status: Implemented
Scope: Minor
Nature: Sea, Deception/diversion
Status: Implemented
Theater
- South-East Asia
Nations Involved
- UK
- Japan
Operation Details
'Rooftree' (ii) was a British deception by Colonel Peter Fleming’s 'D' Division to facilitate an attack by carrierborne aircraft on Sabang in Sumatra by indicating to the Japanese that the target was in fact to be Port Blair in the Andaman islands group (May 1944).
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