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Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.. The operation had two parts, Operation Olympic, intended to capture the southern third of the southernmost main Japanese island, Kyūshū, and Operation Coronet, the planned invasion of the Kantō Plain, near Tokyo, on the main Japanese island of Honshu.
Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II. The planned operation was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , the Soviet declaration of war , and the invasion of Manchuria . [ 1 ]
Even before the surrender of Nazi Germany on 8 May 1945, plans were underway for the largest operation of the Pacific War, Operation Downfall, the Allied invasion of Japan. [10] The operation had two parts: set to begin in October 1945, Operation Olympic involved a series of landings by the U.S.
Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations during the Battle of Europe; Timeline of the Holocaust. Timeline of the Holocaust in Norway; Timeline of Treblinka extermination camp; Timeline of deportations of French Jews to death camps ...
Scrapped in favor of Operation Olympic (under Operation Downfall) Meridian (1945) — air attack on Palembang; Oboe (1945) — assault on Borneo; PM (1945) — removal of defensive minefield off Auckland, New Zealand; Sandcrab (1943) — operation to recapture Attu in the Aleutians; Starvation (1945) — aerial mining of Japanese ports and ...
Operation Epsom: British and German: June 26–30, 1944 Operation Mascot: Allied: July 17, 1944 Operation Goodwood: British and German: July 18–20, 1944 Operation Cobra: US and German: July 25–31, 1944 Lorraine campaign: US Third Army and German Army Group G: September 1 – December 1, 1944 Operation Market Garden: Allied and German ...
This is a list of known World War II era codenames for military operations and missions commonly associated with World War II. As of 2022 [update] this is not a comprehensive list, but most major operations that Axis and Allied combatants engaged in are included, and also operations that involved neutral nation states.
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent.