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    “BOMBS AWAY” – By Des Kelly I am not sure how this “order” was made in Japanese,  but this did not really matter in 1942, and especially in Trincomalee, Ceylon, where the Japanese AirForce went on a bombing spree, under orders to destroy as many British ships, nestling closely in the biggest natural harbour in the World, at the time. This particular attack wasn’t entirely successful because of the superior strength of the British Navy who were “on guard” for the tiny Island which boasted the fact that it was possibly the most strategic point in the huge Indian Ocean, during the 2nd World War.           Though now possibly forgotten by many, these true stories are part & parcel of why Ceylon never did come under Japanese rule. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) eLanka. The1942 Japanese bombardment Source: Sunday Observer Since 1672 the strategic value of the ...