List of Japanese operations during World War II

This is a list of known Japanese operations planned, executed or aborted during the Second World War.

List of Japanese operations during World War II
Operation Year Description
Operation FU 1940 invasion of French Indo-China
Operation AI 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States
Operation DE 1941 invasion of Dutch East Indies
Operation T 1941 invasion of Thailand
Operation E 1941 invasion of China and Northeast British Malaya
Operation M 1941 invasion of the Philippine Islands
Operation B 1941 invasion of British Borneo and Dutch Borneo
Operation AL 1942 invasion of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
Operation B 1942 invasion of Burma
Operation C 1942 reconnaissance and raid operations in the Indian Ocean
Operation D 1942 invasion of the Andaman Islands
Operation H 1942 invasion of Celebes, Ambon and Timor
Operation J 1942 invasion of Java, Netherlands East Indies
Operation K 1942 reconnaissance and air raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States
Operation Ka 1942 plan to destroy the American fleet and recapture Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Operation L 1942 landing operation in Palembang, Sumatra
Operation MI 1942 aborted invasion of Midway Island
Operation MO 1942 aborted invasion of Port Moresby, New Guinea
Operation R 1942 invasion of Rabaul, New Britain and Kavieng, New Ireland
Operation SR 1942 invasion of Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea
( Operation ? ) 1942 attack along the Kokoda track (New Guinea)
Operation T 1942 invasion of northern Sumatra
Operation U 1942 invasion of Burma
Operation RY 1942 invasion of Nauru and Ocean islands
Operation KE 1943 evacuation of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Operation I 1943 air raid against Allied advances on New Guinea and Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Operation SE 1943 air raid against Allied forces staging around Guadalcanal area
Operation KE (Kiska evacuation) 1943 evacuation of Kiska, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States
Operation RO 1943 defensive plan against Allied attacks on Rabaul, New Britain
Operation Ta 1943 attack on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands
Operation A-Go 1944 attack of the American fleet off Saipan, Mariana Islands
Operation Ban-Go 1944 defensive operation at the Irrawaddy River in Burma
Operation Dan-Go 1944 operation after the failed operation U-Go offensive in India
Operation FS 1944 cancelled plan to isolate Australia by capturing New Caledonia, Samoa, and Fiji
Operation Fu-Go 1944 aerial bombing of the United States via balloons
Operation Ha-Go 1944 action to isolate and destroy Anglo-Indian forces at Arakan, Burma; precursor to operation U-Go
Operation Ichi-Go 1944 attack in Eastern China to link up Northern China and Indochina
Operation Kan-Go 1944 defensive plan in Southern Burma
Operation Kon 1944 defensive operation on Biak Island, New Guinea
Operation Sho I 1944 attack of the American fleet off Leyte, Philippine Islands; part of operation Sho-Go
Operation Sho II 1944 defence plan for Formosa and the Ryukyu Islands, Japan; part of operation Sho-Go
Operation Sho III 1944 defence plan for Honshū, Japan; part of operation Sho-Go
Operation Sho IV 1944 defence plan for Hokkaido, Japan; part of operation Sho-Go
Operation Sho-Go 1944 defence plan against American advances toward Japan
Operation Ta 1944 attack on American forces at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands
Operation TA 1944 convoys in and out of the Philippines.
Operation Take-Ichi 1944 convoys to the Doberai Peninsula in Western New Guinea
Operation To-Go 1944 phase one of Japanese attack in Eastern China; part of operation Ichi-Go
Operation U-Go 1944 assault on Imphal and Kohima, India
Operation Yu (also Operation Tatsumaki) 1944 surprise attack raid on American shipping at Majuro atoll
Operation Tatsumaki 1944 see Operation Yu
Operation Arashi 1945 air raid on Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands
Operation Hikari 1945 reconnaissance of Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands; part of operation Arashi
Operation Ketsu-Go 1945 defence plan against potential American invasion of the Japanese home islands
Operation Kikusui 1945 special attack against American ships off Okinawa, Japan
Operation Tan 2 1945 special attack mission against the Allied anchorage at Ulithi, Caroline Islands
Operation Ten-Go 1945 defence plan in 1945, consisting of four likely scenarios. Operation Ten'ichi-Go, the first scenario in Ten-Go, is a reaction plan against Allied invasion of Okinawa.
Operation Ken 1945 cancelled operation to use transports to land suicide troops on American airfields in the Mariana Islands
Operation Kon-Go 1945 cancelled offensive against American ships using manned torpedoes

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