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 Invasion of Celebes (1942) Battle of Ambon Battle of Timor 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 defence plan for the Philippine Islands; part of operation Sho-Go Operation Sho II 1944 defence plan for Formosa (Taiwan); part of operation Sho-Go Operation Sho III 1944 defence plan for the Ryukyu Islands including Okinawa; part of operation Sho-Go Operation Sho IV 1944 defence plan for Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands; 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

See also Japanese expansion (1941–1942)