Allied invasion of Japan (planned)

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The Allied invasion of Japan (planned) was a never-executed World War II strategy envisioning large-scale amphibious assaults on the Japanese home islands to force Japan’s surrender prior to the use of atomic bombs and the Soviet entry into the war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II operation ⓘ
military operation plan ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Allied invasion of Japan ⓘ
planned Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands ⓘ
approvedBy Combined Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Joint Chiefs of Staff (United States) ⓘ
countryTargeted Japan ⓘ
firstPhase Operation Olympic ⓘ
geographicScope Honshu ⓘ
Japanese home islands ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ
hasPart Operation Coronet ⓘ
Operation Downfall ⓘ
Operation Olympic ⓘ
historicalSignificance illustrates anticipated cost of invading Japan ⓘ
influenced decision to use atomic weapons ⓘ
militaryTheater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
objective force unconditional surrender of Japan ⓘ
invasion of Japanese home islands ⓘ
opposedBy Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
plannedBy Allies of World War II ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
plannedByCommander Chester W. Nimitz ⓘ
Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
plannedLandingArea Kanto Plain ⓘ
Tokyo region ⓘ
southern Kyushu ⓘ
plannedStartDate 1945-11 ⓘ
planningLocation United States ⓘ
reasonNotExecuted Japanese decision to surrender ⓘ
Soviet declaration of war on Japan ⓘ
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
relatedTo Manhattan Project ⓘ
Soviet invasion of Manchuria ⓘ
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
riskAssessment expected extremely high Allied casualties ⓘ
expected extremely high Japanese casualties ⓘ
secondPhase Operation Coronet ⓘ
status never executed ⓘ
strategicPurpose avoid prolonged blockade and bombing campaign ⓘ
end war in the Pacific quickly ⓘ
timePlanned 1945 ⓘ

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Invasion of the Kanto Plain (planned) → partOf → Allied invasion of Japan (planned) ⓘ
Allied invasion of Japan (planned) → alsoKnownAs → Allied invasion of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Allied invasion of Japan (planned)