Blockade of Japan

GPTKB entity

Properties (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military blockade
gptkbp:aimsTo to_weaken_Japanese_military_capabilities
gptkbp:antiSubmarineWarfare Axis powers
gptkbp:causedBy gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:criticism humanitarian impact
gptkbp:documentedIn historical records
gptkbp:duration 1941 to 1945
gptkbp:enforces naval forces
gptkbp:environmental_impact Japanese_economy
gptkbp:established President_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:hasPrograms cut off resources
weaken_enemy_forces
gptkbp:historicalEvent shaped international relations.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Blockade of Japan
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:post-war_Japan
geopolitical factors
gptkbp:internationalRelations gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:involvedCountries Operation Downfall
Operation Starvation
gptkbp:is_a Cold_War_tensions
gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of Allied_victory
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of historical debate
gptkbp:is_aimed_at disrupting supply lines
gptkbp:is_characterized_by economic warfare
intense naval engagements
gptkbp:is_essential_for gptkb:the_Pacific_War
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
total war strategy
Allied_strategy
the_Allied_campaign_in_the_Pacific
gptkbp:is_studied_in military studies
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:British_forces
intelligence operations
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Japanese_surrender_in_1945
increased civilian suffering
gptkbp:performedBy naval blockading forces
gptkbp:resultedIn food_shortages_in_Japan
fuel_shortages_in_Japan
gptkbp:significantEvent 20th century history
gptkbp:strategicGoals the Allies
gptkbp:tactics air superiority
naval blockade
blockading ports
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:technology submarine warfare
aircraft bombing
gptkbp:was_a_factor_in the use of atomic bombs
the_defeat_of_Japan
Japanese_war_strategy
gptkbp:was_a_response_to gptkb:Japanese_expansionism
gptkb:Japanese_militarism
Japanese_aggression_in_Asia
gptkbp:was_a_result_of gptkb:Pearl_Harbor_attack
attrition warfare
Allied_military_planning