Staff Study "Olympic" Operations in Southern Kyushu

Abstract

The attached Staff Study for Operation "Olympic" is derived from Strategic Plan "Downfall". It constitutes the basis for directives for joint operations in Southern Kyushu to establish air and naval forces for support of Operation "Coronet". Pending the issue of directives based thereon, the Staff Study is circulated to senior Commanders and Staff Sections of United States Army Forces in the Pacific and to the Commander in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, as a general guide covering the larger phases of allocation of means and of coordination, in order to facilitate planning and implementation, both operational and logistic. It is not designed to restrict executing agencies in detailed development of their final plans of operation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 29, 1945
Accession Number
ADA637885

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Birds
  • Boats
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Medical Personnel
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Ridges
  • Rocket Aircraft
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • Training Aircraft
  • Warfare

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