List of Japanese operations during World War II
The list of Japanese operations during World War II includes planned, executed, and canceled operations by the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army between 1941 and 1945.
| surgery | year | target |
|---|---|---|
| Operation B | 1941 | Japanese invasion of Sarawak , British Borneo |
| Operation E | 1941 | Japanese invasion of Thailand and northeastern Malaysia |
| Operation FU | 1941 | Japanese invasion of Indochina |
| Operation M | 1941 | Japanese invasion of the Philippines |
| Operation AI | 1941 | Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Operation AL | 1942 | Japanese invasion of the Aleutians |
| Operation B | 1942 | Japanese invasion of Burma |
| Operation C | 1942 | Japanese reconnaissance in the Indian Ocean |
| Operation D | 1942 | Japanese invasion of the Andaman Islands |
| Operation H. | 1942 | Japanese invasion of Celebes , Ambon and Timor |
| Operation J | 1942 | Japanese invasion of Java |
| Operation K | 1942 | Japanese reconnaissance and air raid on Pearl Harbor |
| Operation Ka | 1942 | Destruction of the Allied fleet at Guadalcanal and recapture of the island |
| Operation L | 1942 | Air landing and landing operation to capture Palembang |
| Operation X | 1942 | Conquering Christmas Island |
| Operation MI | 1942 | Japanese invasion of the Midway Islands , canceled |
| Operation MO | 1942 | Japanese invasion of Port Moresby , canceled |
| Operation R | 1942 | Japanese invasion of Rabaul and Kavieng |
| Operation SR | 1942 | Japanese invasion of Lae and Salamaua |
| Operation Stanley | 1942 | Japanese campaign to conquer the Kokoda Track |
| Operation T | 1942 | Japanese invasion of North Sumatra |
| Operation U | 1942 | Japanese invasion of Burma |
| Operation I. | 1943 | Japanese air strike against Allied advance on New Guinea and Guadalcanal |
| Operation 21 | 1943 | Japanese invasion of India, plan abandoned |
| Operation Ke | 1943 | Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal |
| Operation Ry | 1943 | Japanese invasion of Naurus and the Ocean Islands |
| Operation RO | 1943 | Japanese plan to defend Rabaul |
| Operation Ta | 1943 | Japanese attack on Bougainville |
| Operation A-gō | 1944 | Japanese attack on the US fleet off Saipan |
| Operation Ban-gō | 1944 | Japanese Irrawaddy River Defense Plan |
| Operation Ha-gō | 1944 | Preparatory operation for Operation U-gō , in which British - Indian troops were to be isolated and destroyed at Arakan . |
| Operation U-gō | 1944 | Japanese attack on Imphal and Kohima |
| Operation Yū / Operation Tatsumaki | 1944 | Japanese attack on Ulithi Atoll with " Type 4 Ka-Tsu " tanks to be transported by submarine , canceled |
| Operation Dan-gō | 1944 | Japanese defense plan after the failed Operation U-gō |
| Operation FS | 1944 | Japanese plan to isolate Australia by conquering Caledonia canceled |
| Operation Fu-gō | 1944 | Japanese plan, the United States by fire balloon attack |
| Operation Ichi-gō | 1944 | Japanese invasion of East China |
| Operation Ko-gō | 1944 | First phase of the attack on East China (part of Operation Ichi-gō ) |
| Operation To-gō | 1944 | Second phase of the attack on east China (part of Operation Ichi-gō ) |
| Operation Kan-gō | 1944 | Japanese Defense Plan for Southern Burma |
| Operation Kon | 1944 | Japanese defense plan for Biak |
| Operation Shō-gō | 1944 | Large-scale defense plan of the Japanese motherland |
| Operation Shō I. | 1944 | Japanese attack on the US fleet in front of Leyte (part of Operation Shō-gō ) |
| Operation Shō II | 1944 | Formosa's Japanese Defense Plan (part of Operation Shō-gō ) |
| Operation Shō III | 1944 | Japanese Defense Plan of Honshū (part of Operation Shō-gō ) |
| Operation Shō IV | 1944 | Hokkaidō's Japanese Defense Plan (part of Operation Shō-gō ) |
| Operation Ta | 1944 | Japanese attack on US forces at Cape Torokina |
| Operation Take-Ichi | 1944 | Japanese convoy to reinforce the troops in New Guinea |
| Operation Te | 1944 | Japanese air raid on airfields on Leyte (part of Operation Wa ) |
| Operation Wa | 1944 | Japanese ground attack on airfields on Leyte (part of Operation Te ) |
| Operation Arashi | 1945 | Japanese air raid on Ulithi Atoll |
| Operation Hikari | 1945 | Japanese reconnaissance of Ulithi Atoll (part of Operation Arashi ) |
| Operation Tan 2 | 1945 | Japanese plan of attack against the anchorage of Allied ships at Ulithi Atoll |
| Operation Ketsu-gō | 1945 | Japanese defense plan against a potential allied landing on mainland Japan |
| Operation Kikusui | 1945 | Japanese air raid on US fleet off Okinawa |
| Operation daycare | 1945 | Japanese ship relocation and naval transport from Singapore to Japan |
| Operation Ten-gō | 1945 | Japanese attack on US fleet off Okinawa |
| Operation Ken | 1945 | Japanese air raid on airfields in the Mariana Islands , canceled |
| Operation Gi-gō | 1945 | Japanese air landing in Okinawa to sabotage US airfields and airfields |
| Operation Kon-gō | 1945 | Japanese one-man torpedo attack on Allied ships, canceled |
literature
- Christopher Chant: The Encyclopedia of Codenames of World War II Routledge, 2013
- Robert Lyman: Kohima 1944 Osprey Publishing, 2010 ISBN 978-1-84603-939-3
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lyman, p. 5.
- ↑ Headquarters, United States Army, Japan: BURMA OPERATIONS RECORD: 15TH ARMY OPERATIONS IN IMPHAL AREA AND WITHDRAWAL TO NORTHERN BURMA (Revised Edition) (1952)