Operation Coronet
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During World War II
, two operations in the Pacific theater were called Operation Coronet.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, two operations in the Pacific theater were called Operation Coronet.
- an early planning name for Operation ChronicleOperation ChronicleOperation Chronicle was the Allied invasion of Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands during World War II, in the South West Pacific as part of Operation Cartwheel. An early planning name for this operation was Operation Coronet...
, which was executed in June 1943
- part of Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan, made unnecessary by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.