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.