User:Oberiko/Japanese operations translations
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Standard
- 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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?
