Operation Shō-Gō 9

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military operation
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Takijirō_Ōnishi
gptkbp:completed unsuccessful in its goals
gptkbp:contributedTo Allied_victory_in_the_Pacific
gptkbp:criticism lack of effective coordination
gptkbp:date 1945
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Japanese_Imperial_General_Headquarters
gptkbp:documentedIn military history records
gptkbp:duration April 1945 to June 1945
gptkbp:established gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:has a_symbol_of_Japan's_desperation
gptkbp:historical_significance demonstrated_desperation_of_Japan
gptkbp:historicalContext decline_of_Japanese_naval_power
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Operation Shō-Gō 9
gptkbp:influenced previous naval engagements
Japanese_military_culture
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Japanese_aircraft_carriers
gptkb:Allied_naval_forces
gptkb:Japanese_battleships
gptkb:Japanese_destroyers
over 100 aircraft
multiple naval battles
suicidal air attacks
gptkbp:is_characterized_by intense aerial combat
gptkbp:is_part_of Japan's_naval_strategy
Shō-Gō_operations
gptkbp:is_studied_in post-war military studies
gptkbp:led_to increased_Allied_air_superiority
gptkbp:location gptkb:Okinawa
gptkbp:operations of_the_Imperial_Japanese_Navy.
gptkbp:outcome failure
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:performedBy kamikaze pilots
the_final_stages_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:prominence the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
gptkbp:resultedIn heavy_losses_for_Japan
gptkbp:scope defend_against_Allied_forces
gptkbp:significance last_major_naval_operation_of_Japan
gptkbp:tactics kamikaze attacks
gptkbp:targets Allied_shipping_lanes
gptkbp:was_a_response_to the loss of territory
Allied_advances_in_the_Pacific
gptkbp:was_a_result_of to turn the tide of the war
gptkbp:was_marked_by high casualty rates