During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
, two operations in the Pacific theater were called Operation Coronet.
* An early planning name for
Operation Chronicle
Operation Chronicle was the Allied invasion of Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands, in the South West Pacific, during World War II. The operation was a subordinate action that formed part of the wider Operation Cartwheel, the advance towards Rabau ...
, which was executed in June 1943
* Part of
Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Japan in March 1946, made unnecessary by the Japanese surrender in August 1945
See also
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Operation Coronet Nighthawk Operation Coronet Nighthawk (1990–2001) was one of many operations that took place in the early 1990s to stop the drugs coming into the United States from Central and South America. The idea of the operation was to have a rotational deployment ope ...
, to stop drugs entering U.S.A. from Central and South America (1990-2001)
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