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Operation hailstone was a u.s. attack launched on february 17, 1944 against the japanese base at truk in what island group?

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"the airstrike on Truk Island") was a massive naval air and surface attack launched on February 16–17, 1944, during World War II by the United States Navy against the Japanese naval and air base at Truk in the Caroline Islands, a pre-war Japanese territory.

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