Operation Kikusui 9

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_operations
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Takijirō_Ōnishi
gptkbp:conducted gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
Allied air superiority
gptkbp:date April 1945
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Kikusui 9
gptkbp:included destroyers
gptkbp:involved gptkb:kamikaze_attacks
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:is_a_culmination_of Japanese naval strategy
gptkbp:is_aimed_at naval superiority
Allied naval operations
disrupt Allied supply lines
gptkbp:is_criticized_for ineffectiveness
gptkbp:is_designed_to sink Allied vessels
gptkbp:is_noted_for its intensity
gptkbp:is_reflected_in Japan's military desperation
gptkbp:is_significant_for Pacific Theater
gptkbp:launched_in Japanese bases
gptkbp:location gptkb:Okinawa
gptkbp:military_strategy gain an advantage
gptkbp:notable_event naval warfare history
gptkbp:notable_examples suicidal military tactics
gptkbp:outcome failed
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:resulted_in loss of ships
gptkbp:significance demonstrated desperation of Japanese forces
gptkbp:strategic_goals defend the home islands
defend the homeland
gptkbp:tactics suicidal missions
gptkbp:targets gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkbp:type suicidal attack
gptkbp:utilized aircraft carriers
gptkbp:was_a_demonstration_of kamikaze tactics
gptkbp:was_a_response_to Allied advances
gptkbp:was_a_response_to_the_loss_of gptkb:Iwo_Jima
gptkbp:was_characterized_by small boats
high casualty rates
torpedo attacks
gptkbp:was_executed_by gptkb:kamikaze_pilots
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
declining Japanese resources
gptkbp:was_executed_with_the_intent_to inflict maximum damage
gptkbp:was_influenced_by previous military failures
gptkbp:was_marked_by desperation and urgency
gptkbp:was_one_of_several Kikusui operations
gptkbp:was_one_of_the_last_major_operations_of gptkb:the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:Operation_Ten-Go
desperate measures by Japan
gptkbp:was_part_of_japan's_strategy_to defend its territory
gptkbp:was_part_of_the_final_stages_of World War II in the Pacific.
gptkbp:was_planned_as last-ditch effort
gptkbp:was_seen_as_a_last_resort_to turn the tide of the war
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IJN_Chōkai
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5