Operation Coronet
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Operation Coronet was the planned Allied amphibious invasion of Japan’s main island of Honshu, scheduled for early 1946 as part of the broader strategy to force Japan’s surrender in World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
planned amphibious invasion
→
planned military operation → |
| aimedAt | direct assault on Tokyo Plain → |
| alsoKnownAs | Invasion of the Kanto Plain (planned) → |
| codenameOf | invasion of Honshu → |
| conflict | World War II → |
| country |
Australia
→
Canada → United Kingdom → United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
|
| historicalPeriod | 1940s → |
| location |
Honshu
→
Kantō region →
surface form: "Kantō Plain"
Tokyo metropolitan area →
surface form: "Tokyo region"
|
| objective |
capture Tokyo region
→
force Japan’s surrender → |
| partOf |
Allied operations in the Pacific Theater
→
Operation Downfall → planned invasion of Japan → |
| plannedAlliedParticipants |
Commonwealth ground forces
→
Royal Navy → United States Army → United States Marine Corps → United States Navy → |
| plannedCasualtyExpectations | very high on both sides → |
| plannedCommandStructure |
U.S. Army Pacific
→
surface form: "U.S. Army Forces, Pacific"
U.S. Pacific Fleet →
surface form: "U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet"
|
| plannedDate |
1946-03
→
early 1946 → |
| plannedFollowUpTo | seizure of Kyushu in Operation Olympic → |
| plannedForceType |
airborne forces
→
amphibious forces → ground forces → naval forces → |
| plannedLandingArea |
Kujūkuri Beach
→
Sagami Bay → |
| plannedOpposingForce |
Imperial Japanese Army
→
Imperial Japanese Navy → |
| plannedScale | one of the largest amphibious operations ever conceived → |
| precededBy | Operation Olympic → |
| reasonForCancellation |
Japanese surrender after atomic bombings
→
Soviet declaration of war on Japan → |
| relatedTo |
Japanese Instrument of Surrender
→
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki → |
| status | cancelled → |
| theater |
Pacific War
→
surface form: "Pacific Theater of World War II"
|
Referenced by (4)
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