During World War II, Operation Pastel was the deception plan scheduled to protect Operation Olympic, the planned invasion of southern Japan. Pastel would have falsely portrayed a threat of an American-led invasion against ports in China via attacks on Taiwan. Parts of Operation Majestic, an operation declined due to Operation Olympic, were used in Operation Pastel.
External links[]
- Huber, Dr Thomas M. (1988). PASTEL: Deception in the Invasion of Japan. Combat Studies Institute. http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/pastel.pdf.
- Antill, P. (2005). "Operation Downfall: The Planned Assault on Japan". http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_downfall1.html.
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