Operation Pastel

The operation Pastel was developed in the late spring of 1945 and was a distraction plan the Americans to cover the planned but not executed invasion of the Japanese home islands (→ Operation Downfall ) to end the Pacific War. He was referring mainly to the partial operation with the Olympic landings on Kyushu. As operations simulated landings were provided at Shanghai in China (Operation Longtom ) in early October 1945 and on Shikoku in early December.

A abgesegneter of the Combined Chiefs of Staff in June 1945 deception plan, the operation broadaxe, whereas invasions saw on Taiwan in late summer and early autumn in Hokkaido, landings in Indochina in autumn and late autumn attacks on Sumatra from India before. Furthermore, additional points should be secured by a foray into the Yellow Sea in winter. This plan was almost the same time operation Pastel to the leadership in Washington, DC passed. The overlap led to a conference on both plans, which took place on June 27, 1945. As a result of Pastel Plan was revised and issued as a directive on July 9, 1410, the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

After a shift of the Downfall dates and the plan for the operation Pastel has been revised and rescheduled. Now the new operation data ( Pastel Two) were at the beginning of April 1946, a fictional invasion in South Korea and in early April for the Shikoku landings. In addition, the planners took on a landing on Hokkaido in early June. The Shanghai landings had been removed from the plan, as the plan on July 30, 1945 was approved.