Operation Olympic

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Allied invasion plan planned military operation

Operation Olympic was the planned Allied invasion of Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, intended as the first stage of a full-scale invasion that was ultimately rendered unnecessary by Japan’s surrender in 1945.

Aliases (1)

Operation Coronet ×1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied invasion plan → planned military operation →
belligerentSide	Allies →
cancellationReason	Japan’s surrender in 1945 → end of World War II in the Pacific →
codeName	Operation Olympic →
commanderPlanned	General Douglas MacArthur →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfPlanning	United States of America →
followedByPlanned	Operation Coronet →
forceType	amphibious invasion →
geographicScope	Japanese home islands → southern Kyushu →
historicalSignificance	illustrates scale of planned invasion of Japan → rendered unnecessary by Japan’s 1945 surrender →
involvedBranchPlanned	Royal Navy → United States Army → United States Marine Corps → United States Navy →
objective	invasion of Kyushu → seizure of southern Japan →
opposedBy	Empire of Japan →
partOf	Operation Downfall →
plannedAs	first stage of full-scale invasion of Japan →
plannedBy	Allied powers → United States →
plannedInvasionDate	November 1945 →
planningAuthority	General Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Pacific → U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff →
precededByPlanned	intensive air and naval bombardment of Kyushu →
relatedTo	Japanese surrender → atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki →
riskAssessment	expected very high casualties on both sides →
status	cancelled → never executed →
strategicPurpose	force Japanese surrender through invasion threat → secure bases for subsequent invasion of Honshu →
target	Kyushu →
targetCountry	Japan →
theater	Pacific War →
timePlanned	late 1945 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Downfall → World War II → World War II ("Operation Coronet") →	hasPart
Operation Olympic →	codeName
Operation Coronet →	precededBy
Downfall →	relatedTo
Operation Downfall →	subOperation