Easter Sunday Raid

E155716

aerial attack military operation

The Easter Sunday Raid was a major World War II Japanese carrier-based air attack on British naval and air forces in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in April 1942, aimed at weakening Allied power in the Indian Ocean.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Easter Sunday Raid canonical	1
Easter Sunday Raid on Ceylon	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerial attack ⓘ military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Easter Sunday Raid ⓘ surface form: Easter Sunday Raid on Ceylon
attacker	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
belligerent	British Empire ⓘ Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
commander	Chuichi Nagumo ⓘ James Somerville ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
consequence	increased Allied concern for Indian Ocean defenses ⓘ temporary Japanese dominance in the central Indian Ocean ⓘ
countryAtLocation	British Ceylon ⓘ
date	5 April 1942 ⓘ
defender	Eastern Fleet ⓘ surface form: British Eastern Fleet
followedBy	continued Japanese carrier operations in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
forceType	naval aviation ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked the peak of Japanese naval power projection into the Indian Ocean ⓘ
location	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Colombo ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ
method	carrier-based air attack ⓘ
notableAspect	surprise attack on Easter Sunday ⓘ use of multiple Japanese fleet carriers ⓘ
objective	attack British airfields and port facilities ⓘ destroy British naval forces at Ceylon ⓘ weaken Allied naval power in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
opposedBy	British Eastern Fleet reconnaissance and air defenses ⓘ
partOf	Indian Ocean raid ⓘ Japanese operations in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Singapore ⓘ surface form: Fall of Singapore Battle of Malaya ⓘ surface form: Japanese conquest of Malaya
presentDayLocation	Sri Lanka ⓘ
relatedEvent	Battle of Ceylon ⓘ Indian Ocean raid ⓘ surface form: Indian Ocean raid of 1942
result	Allied ships sunk and damaged ⓘ British Eastern Fleet withdrawn from forward bases ⓘ Japanese tactical victory ⓘ
strategicContext	Japanese attempt to secure Indian Ocean sea lanes ⓘ
target	British merchant shipping in the Indian Ocean ⓘ Royal Navy base at Colombo ⓘ airfields in Ceylon ⓘ
theater	Indian Ocean Theater of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod	April 1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Ocean raid → alsoKnownAs → Easter Sunday Raid ⓘ

Easter Sunday Raid → alsoKnownAs → Easter Sunday Raid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Easter Sunday Raid on Ceylon