Downfall

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military operation planned invasion

Downfall is the codename for the planned but never executed Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military operation → planned invasion →
alliedWith	Australia → Canada → New Zealand → Philippines → United Kingdom →
alsoKnownAs	Operation Downfall →
codenameFor	planned Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands →
conflict	World War II →
country	United States →
estimatedCasualties	very high Allied casualties → very high Japanese casualties →
hasPart	Operation Coronet → Operation Olympic →
historicalSignificance	illustrates anticipated cost of invading Japan → influenced decision to use atomic bombs →
location	Japanese home islands →
objective	defeat of the Empire of Japan → occupation of Japan →
partOf	Allied operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II →
plannedBy	Admiral Chester W. Nimitz → Allied military planners → General Douglas MacArthur → United States Joint Chiefs of Staff →
plannedComponent	air superiority campaign → amphibious landings → naval blockade →
plannedDate	early 1946 → late 1945 →
plannedLandingArea	Kanto Plain near Tokyo → southern Kyushu →
plannedOpposingForce	Imperial Japanese Army → Imperial Japanese Navy → Japanese civilian militias →
plannedTarget	Japan →
reasonForCancellation	Soviet declaration of war on Japan → atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki → surrender of Japan →
relatedTo	Japanese surrender → Manhattan Project → Operation Coronet → Operation Olympic → atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki →
status	never executed →
theater	Pacific War →
timePeriod	1945 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Downfall →	codename