Operation Olympic

E14860

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Olympic canonical	6
Operation Coronet	1
Operation Olympic (planned)	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 self-link ⓘ
commanderPlanned	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ surface form: General Douglas MacArthur
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfPlanning	United States of America ⓘ
followedByPlanned	Operation Coronet ⓘ
forceType	amphibious invasion ⓘ
geographicScope	Japanese archipelago ⓘ surface form: Japanese home islands Kyushu ⓘ surface form: 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	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
partOf	Operation Downfall ⓘ
plannedAs	first stage of full-scale invasion of Japan ⓘ
plannedBy	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied powers United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
plannedInvasionDate	November 1945 ⓘ
planningAuthority	U.S. Army Pacific ⓘ surface form: General Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, Pacific Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ surface form: 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 (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Operation Olympic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Coronet

Operation Downfall → subOperation → Operation Olympic ⓘ

Operation Olympic → codeName → Operation Olympic self-link ⓘ

Downfall → hasPart → Operation Olympic ⓘ

Downfall → relatedTo → Operation Olympic ⓘ

Operation Coronet → precededBy → Operation Olympic ⓘ

Invasion of the Kanto Plain (planned) → precededBy → Operation Olympic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Olympic (planned)