Operation Foxes Den - Neutralization of Australia

Following the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941, the Japanese armed forces conducted military operations against U.S., British Commonwealth, and Dutch possessions in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. The first phase of these operations, which was the seizure of Malaysia, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and various island groups in the central and western Pacific, was virtually complete by March 1942. The second phase, initiated by Japanese Imperial Headquarters on 23 January, was designed to isolate and neutralize Australia and India.

Australia was seen as a major point of interest in terms of acquisition as it was a major supplier of raw materials for Allied nation war efforts. Between February 1942 and November 1943, the Australian mainland, domestic airspace, offshore islands and coastal shipping were attacked at least 97 times by aircraft from the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army Air Force.These continual attacks and raids on Australian left cities such as Darwin and Sydney scared and paranoid of pending attacks and were on high alert throughout the remainder of the war. These events are well known by the general public, but I have evidence that supports previous assumptions that there were further and possible more potentially devastating plans and attacks carried out on unsuspecting Victorian borders. There is information that is being kept from the public in regards to the way we view our country and our history that the government doesn't feel we have the right to know. A Japanese covert Operation by the name of Foxes Den.

I have deduced from various sources of information that Operation Foxes Den was the initial step of major military plans by the Japanese to infiltrate and seize the Australian mainland. The takeover of Victorian Naval Base at Williamstown Dockyard, was vital to the overall success of the mission. Entry point was through Bass Strait waters and was initiated on the 26th Sep 1943. The mission employed the use of Japanese Navy secret service and also both Japanese and local informants within Australia. My sources indicate that Sadatoshi Tomioka, Chief in Plans Division Office of Operation Section in Naval General Staff; was the key instigator of supporting and proposing plans for Australian invasion, with other prime contributors being Kanyei Chuyo, Japanese Commander in the Navy Secret services, who was receiving information on coastal mine laying operations off the East coast of Australia from Japanese Diplomatic Officer in Brisbane, Ryonosuke Seita.

With vital defense information being leaked Australia's defense was greatly reduced. There were also reports of sightings by coast watchers of Japanese submarine activity in Victorian waters in the early months of 1943, which matched descriptions of Japanese submarine vessels. I have previously expressed speculation that Japanese had plans to launch attacks on Victoria in 1945. However, I now firmly believe that I was making too lightly of the situation and that their intentions were far more fatal and closely realized than even I thought.

WW2 Operations

Operation Argument

USAAF attack on German fighter plane factories (Jan 11 - Mar 1, 1944)

Operation Avalanche

US Fifth Army attack on Salerno, Italy (Sep 9, 1943)

Operation Barney

US Navy submarine attack into the Sea of Japan (Jun 1945)

Operation Baytown

Allied invasion of Italy in region of Calabria by British and Canadian troop crossing the Straits of Messina on September 3, 1943. See also Operation Avalanche and Operation Slapstick.

Operation Brassard

Allied attack to capture Elba (Jun 17, 1944)

Operation Brewer

US attack on the Admiralty Islands (Feb 19, 1944)

Operation Brimstone

Allied attack on Sardinia (Sep 18, 1944)

Operation Catchpole

US attack on Eniwetok Island (Feb 17, 1944)

Operation Chariot

British attack on St. Nazaire on March 28, 1942. (St. Nazaire Raid)

Operation Clarion

Allied air attack on Germany (Feb 22, 1945)

Operation Cobra

US First Army movement from Normandy to St Lo (Jul 25, 1944)

Operation Corkscrew

Allied attack on Pantelleria Island (May 18, 1943)

Operation Crossbow

Allied air attack on German rocket sites (Aug 17, 1943)

Operation Daffodil

Allied attacks on Tobruk in North Africa on September 13, 1942. (Part of Operation Agreement.)

Operation Desecrate

US attack of Palau Islands (Mar 31, 1943)

Operation Detachment

US attack on Iwo Jima (Feb - Mar, 1945)

Operation Dragoon

Allied attack on French Riviera (Aug 15, 1944)

Operation Flintlock

US attack on Marshall Islands (1944)

Operation Foxes Den

Axis attack operation on Australia (1943)

Operation Grenade

US Ninth Army movement toward Rhine River (Feb 23, 1945)

Operation Hailstone

US carrier attack on Truk Island (Feb 16 - 17, 1944)

Operation Husky

Allied attack on Sicily (Jul 10, 1943)

Operation Iceberg

US attack on Okinawa (Apr 1, 1945)

Operation Infatuate

Allied landings on the island of Walcheren on November 1, 1944 as part of the Battle of the Scheldt.

Operation Jubilee

Allied attack on Dieppe (Aug 11, 1942)

Operation Longsuit

USMC 2nd Division attack on Tarawa (Nov 20, 1943)

Operation Market-Garden

Allied attack in the Netherlands (Sep 1944)

Operation Meeting House

USAAF fire bomb attack on Tokyo (Mar 9, 1945)

Operation Mike I

US amphibious attack on Luzon (Jan 9, 1945)

Operation Neptune

Initial landing phase of the Allied invasion of northwest Europe, Operation Overlord.

Operation Overlord

Allied invasion of Normandy (Jun 6, 1944)

Operation Plunder

Allied movement across the Rhine River (Mar 23, 1945)

Operation Quicksilver

Allied deception plan to convince Germans that D-Day landings would occur on Calais.

Operation Reckless

US attack on Hollandia (Apr 22, 1944)

Operation Road's End

Allied destruction of Japanese ships that survived the war (Feb 1946)

Operation Slapstick

British landings at Taranto, Italy on September 9, 1943. See also Operation Avalanche and Operation Baytown.

Operation Shingle

Allied amphibious attack on Anzio (Jan 22, 1944)

Operation Tidal Wave

Ninth USAAF attack on oilfields in Ploesti (Aug 1, 1943)

Operation Titanic

Allied dummy parachute drops in Normandy (Jun 6, 1944)

Operation Torch

Allied invasion of North Africa (Nov 8, 1942)

Operation Varsity

Allied airborne drop across the Rhine River (17th Airborne Div)

Operation Watchtower

US attack on Guadalcanal and Tulagi (Aug 7, 1942)