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  • 号 (gō) - Number / symbol / mark
  • 作 (saku) - Work / production
  • 戦 (sen) - War / battle / fighting
English Romaji Kanji Description
Operation Ha Ha-gō sakusen ハ (ha) - Katakana symbol Distraction offensive in Burma in 1943 to assist Operation U
Operation U U-gō sakusen ウ (u) - Katakana symbol Large offensive against Assam in 1943
Operation Heaven Ten-gō sakusen 天 (ten) - Heaven / sky Suicide run of the battleship Yamamoto
Operation One Ichi-gō sakusen 一 (ichi) - The number one Large offensive in China, 1944
Operation Victory Sho-gō sakusen 捷 (sho) - Victory Battle of Leyte Gulf
Operation A A-gō sakusen あ (a) - Hiragana symbol

ア (a) - Katakana symbol

  • (1941, あ) - Southern strategy for invading South-East Asia
  • (1943, ア) - Planning regarding the Aluetian Islands
  • (1944, ア) - Army plan for the Mariana Islands, Palau
  • (1944, あ) - Navy plan for destroying the American fleet in the Philippine Sea
Operation Decision Ketsu-gō sakusen 决 (ketsu) - Decide
Operation Ke Ke-gō sakusen ケ (ke) - Katakana symol Evacuation of Guadalcanal
Operation Ka Ka-gō sakusen カ (ka) - Katakana symbol The Reinforcement of Guadalcanal.
Thought to have been chosen for the "ka" sound at the start of the Japanese pronunciation of Guadalcanal
Operation Mo Mo sakusen MO作戦 Assault on "Port Moresby", an Allied stronghold. Mo is taken from the first two letters of its name.
Operation Ro Ro-gō sakusen ろ (ro) - Katakana symbol
Operation I I-gō sakusen い (i) - Hiragana symbol
Operation Ko Ko-gō sakusen コ (ko) - Katakana symbol First phase of Operation One
Operation To To-gō sakusen ト (to) - Katakana symbol Second phase of Operation One
Operation Attrition Zengen sakusen 漸 (zen) - Gradually
減 (gen) - Decline
The Japanese idea which lures American fleet into Pacific water, and take them out gradually by submarines, which hoped that the naval strength will be equal by the time the American fleet reached Japanese homeland.
Operation Mei-gō sakusen The Japanese coup in French Indochina


  • Ban-gō sakusen - 1944, Japanese defence of Irrawaddy River in Burma

Operation Kan Operation R

号作戦 捲土重来

礼号作戦 - The bombardment of the American beachhead at San Jose on Mindoro Island 礼 (Rei) - Thanks?