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 | | The nearest Axis bases were on Rhodes, and so the aircraft had to stage through somewhere to be able to get to Iraq. |
 | | The United Kingdom was the main base for the operation, and it provided the majority of the naval power for it. |
 | | In order to gain bases for the aircraft necessary to supply Fourteenth Army in its attack through the heart of the country, two offshore islands, Akyab and Ramree had to be captured. |
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