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Operation FS was the Imperial Japanese plan to invade and occupy Fiji, American Samoa, Samoa, and New Caledonia in the South Pacific during the Pacific conflict of World War II. The operation was set to be executed in July or August 1942 following Operation MO, Operation RY, and Operation MI.
Japan had made plans to invade Fiji, called Operation FS, but this was canceled after the major defeat at the Battle of Midway. After the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, it was agreed that the United States Armed Forces could use Fiji as a staging base and training base. United States Armed Forces took over much of the operation of ...
At the commencement of the Second World War, Fiji was a colony of the British Empire, however the defence of the colony was assigned to the New Zealand Army. [1] It became immediately apparent to the New Zealand Army that if an invasion of Fiji was to occur, jungle warfare would be the likely scenario. [2]
Fiji: New Zealand, United States of America 259,638 12,000 5 [31] Guam: Japan December 1941 August 1944 22,290 18,000 81 [32] [33] Hawaii: United States of America Before 1939 After 1945 423,330 253,000 60 [32] [34] New Caledonia: United States of America March 1942: June 1944 53,000 100,000 187 [25] [35] [36] New Zealand: United States of ...
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. Invasion of Celebes (1942) Battle of Ambon ...
This is a list of wars involving the Fijian tribes (pre 1871), Kingdom of Fiji (1871–1874), Colony of Fiji (1874–1970), Dominion of Fiji (1970–1987) the Republic of Fiji (1987–present). Fijian tribes (pre 1871)
The Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, on 8 December 1941 (Fiji time), marked the beginning of the Pacific War. Japanese submarines launched seaplanes that flew over Fiji; Japanese submarine I-25 on 17 March 1942 and Japanese submarine I-10 on 30 November 1941. Because of its central location, Fiji was selected as a training base for the ...
Europeans visited Fiji from the 17th century, [2] and, after a brief period as an independent kingdom, the British established the Colony of Fiji in 1874. Fiji was a Crown colony until 1970, when it gained independence as the Dominion of Fiji. A republic was declared in 1987, following a series of coups d'état.