Operation Mo
1942 Japanese planned military offensive against the Australian territory of New Guinea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Mo (MO作戦, Mo Sakusen) or the Port Moresby Operation was a Japanese plan to take control of the Australian Territory of New Guinea during World War II as well as other locations in the South Pacific. The goal was to isolate Australia and New Zealand from the Allied United States.
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Operation Mo | |
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Planned | April 1942 |
Objective | Occupation of Port Moresby |
Outcome | Abandoned following the Battle of the Coral Sea |
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The plan was developed by the Imperial Japanese Navy and supported by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, but the operation was eventually abandoned.