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Operation Causeway was a planned United States invasion of Formosa (Taiwan) during World War II.Formosa was a Japanese colony since the nineteenth century. It was seen as a possible next step in the planned Allied advance across the Pacific after the capture of the Marianas in summer 1944.
Hokushin-ron (plans for a potential attack on the Soviet Union and the occupation of territories from Manchuria to Central Siberia, making a territorial expansion to the north). Nanshin-ron (plans for a potential attack in the Pacific Islands and then in Southeast Asia, making a territorial expansion to the south).
The Taihoku Air Raid [1] was the largest Allied air raid on the city of Taihoku (modern-day Taipei), then under Japanese colonial rule, during World War II. Many residents were killed in the raid and tens of thousands wounded or displaced.
The Formosa Air Battle (Japanese: 台湾沖航空戦, lit. 'Battle of the Taiwan Sea', Chinese: 臺灣空戰), 12–16 October 1944, was a series of large-scale aerial engagements between carrier air groups of the United States Navy Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38) and Japanese land-based air forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).
Ka (1942) — plan to destroy the U.S. Fleet and recapture Guadalcanal; Ke (1943) — evacuation of Guadalcanal; Ketsu-Go (Decisive) (1945) — plan to counter U.S.-led invasion of Japan; MI (1942) — attempted seizure of Midway Island; Mo (1942) — aborted invasion of Port Moresby in New Guinea
War over Taiwan would change world, says Australia ambassador to US Kevin Rudd. Kirsty Needham. June 6, 2024 at 10:00 PM. ... "Whatever the outcome (an American victory, a Chinese victory, or a ...
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The US Navy has outlined a seven-target plan to boost its readiness for war by 2027, with its eye on China as Beijing ramps up its own military strength and the possibility of a Taiwan invasion looms.