The bombardment of Sabang

19th April 1945: Two years after the Japanese invasion the Allies are back in the Dutch East Indies with a show of force from their new found naval power

HMS VALIANT, battleship of the British Eastern Fleet, with FFS RICHELIEU astern. The photograph was taken from the battleship QUEEN ELIZABETH, flagship of Admiral Sir James Somerville, KCB, KBE, DSO in the Bay of Bengal during the action against the Japanese at Sabang.