Operation Tiderace

Operation Tiderace
Part of World War II

General Seishirō Itagaki signing the terms for the reoccupation of Singapore on board the heavy cruiser HMS Sussex. 4 September 1945
Date4–12 September 1945
Location
Result

Unopposed Allied victory

Belligerents

 Japan

 United Kingdom
 India
 Australia
France France (Naval only)[1]
Commanders and leaders
Empire of Japan Seishirō Itagaki (POW)
Empire of Japan Shigeru Fukudome (POW)
United Kingdom Lord Louis Mountbatten
United Kingdom Robert Mansergh
Strength
77,000 infantry[2]
2 heavy cruisers
1 destroyer
2 submarines
60,000 infantry
7 escort carriers
2 battleships
1 heavy cruiser
2 light cruisers
15 destroyers
3 Royal Fleet Auxiliary
3 hospital ships
14 merchant vessels
43 landing ship, infantry[3]
Casualties and losses
300 suicides
76,700 captured
1 battleship damaged

Operation Tiderace was the codename of the British plan to retake Singapore following the Japanese surrender in 1945.[4] 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.

  1. ^ Sarnet & Le Vaillant, p. 330
  2. ^ "H.M.S. Rotherham (H09)". Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference H.M.S. Attacker was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Park, p. 2156, para 360.