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Operation Olympic

Operation Olympic


Operation Olympic was the name of the US plan for invasion of Kyushu (the southern-most main Japanese island) scheduled for November 1945. The operation never took place because Japan surrendered in August 1945, immediately following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan.

Operation Olympic - planned US invasion of southern Japan

If Operation Olympic had taken place, a second invasion, Operation Coronet, was planned as a follow-up and scheduled for the Spring of 1946.

Operation Downfall - planned Allied invasion of Japan - showing Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet phases

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World War II
Operation Barbarossa
1941 German Invasion of Russia
Operation Citadel
1943 The Battle of Kursk
Operation Dragoon
1944 Invasion of southern France
Operation Varsity
1945 Crossing the Rhine

Invasions That Never Were
Operation Sealion
1940 German invasion of England
Operation Olympic
1945 US invasion of southern Japan
Operation Coronet
1946 US invasion of northern Japan

Special Forces
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1980 Iranian Embassy Siege

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