Operation Ha-Go

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Operation Ha-Go was a Japanese World War II offensive in early 1944 aimed at attacking British forces in the Arakan region of Burma as part of Japan’s broader efforts to halt Allied advances in Southeast Asia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ha-Go offensive 2
Operation Ha-Go canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II offensive ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
aimedAt cutting off and encircling British forces in Arakan ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ha-Go ⓘ
linked to: Type 95 Ha-Go

Ha-Go offensive ⓘ
linked to: Operation Ha-Go
belligerent British Indian Army ⓘ
Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

United Kingdom ⓘ
combatant British 5th Indian Division ⓘ
British 7th Indian Division ⓘ
linked to: 7th Indian Division

Japanese 55th Division ⓘ
commander Mutaguchi Renya ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
endTime 1944-02 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Imphal ⓘ
Battle of Kohima ⓘ
geographicalFeature Kalapanzin River ⓘ
Mayu Peninsula ⓘ
impact contributed to overextension of Japanese forces in Burma ⓘ
provided experience for Allied defensive tactics later used at Imphal and Kohima ⓘ
location Arakan ⓘ
British Burma ⓘ
linked to: Colony of Burma

Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
notableTactic Japanese infiltration and encirclement tactics ⓘ
objective attack British forces in the Arakan region of Burma ⓘ
disrupt Allied advances in Burma ⓘ
halt Allied advances in Southeast Asia ⓘ
opponent British Fourteenth Army ⓘ
linked to: Fourteenth Army

XV Corps (British India) ⓘ
opposedBy British Indian Army units in Arakan ⓘ
outcome Japanese forces failed to achieve decisive breakthrough in Arakan ⓘ
partOf Burma campaign ⓘ
Japanese 1944 offensives in Burma ⓘ
Japanese operations in Southeast Asia during World War II ⓘ
precededBy First Arakan campaign ⓘ
relatedTo Operation U-Go ⓘ
result Allied defensive victory in Arakan ⓘ
Japanese tactical successes but strategic failure ⓘ
startTime 1944-02 ⓘ
strategicContext Japanese attempt to pre-empt Allied offensives in Burma ⓘ
temporalLocation early 1944 ⓘ
theater Southeast Asian theatre of World War II ⓘ

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

Operation U-Go → relatedOperation → Operation Ha-Go ⓘ
U-Go offensive → relatedOperation → Ha-Go offensive ⓘ
linked to: Operation Ha-Go
Operation Ha-Go → alsoKnownAs → Ha-Go offensive ⓘ
linked to: Operation Ha-Go