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Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II.The planned operation was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet declaration of war, and the invasion of Manchuria. [1]
At the start of World War II in 1939, British secret services had thought of scheming assassination plans against Hitler. However, the propositions were never equivocally initiated. As Winston Churchill became the British Prime Minister in 1940, he had keen interest in various military tactics and authorised in 1941 to hatch plots for ...
Extensive preparations were made for the invasion but the success of other Axis operations – including the Battle of Gazala (26 May to 21 June 1942), the Axis capture of Tobruk on 21 June and Operation Aïda, the pursuit of the Allies into Egypt – led to Herkules being postponed and then cancelled in November 1942.
Pages in category "Cancelled military operations of World War II" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all the world's countries participated, with many investing all available civilian resources in pursuit of total war .
These are events that were cancelled due to World War II. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. 0–9. 1940 Summer Olympics ...
In the interwar years, Britain had established a naval base in Singapore after the Anglo-Japanese alliance had lapsed in 1923. As part of the Singapore strategy, the base formed a key part of British interwar defence planning for the region. Financial constraints had hampered construction efforts during the intervening period and shifting ...
Why he wanted to go back and what he was going to do there, even if he did succeed in capturing Trondheim, we never found out". [10] On 12 October, Brooke was required to present a detailed plan for the Norway invasion, now code named Operation Ajax, [ 8 ] which he had compiled with Admiral Sir John Tovey , Air Chief Marshall Sir William Sholto ...