Mobile Fleet

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The Mobile Fleet was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s principal carrier battle group during World War II, responsible for major offensive operations in the Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier battle group
formation of the Imperial Japanese Navy
naval fleet
component First Air Fleet
Kido Butai
surface form: Kidō Butai
conflict World War II
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
doctrine carrier-centric offensive operations
engagement attack on Pearl Harbor
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor

Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of Coral Sea
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Battle of Guadalcanal
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign

Indian Ocean raid
surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
JapaneseName 機動部隊
languageOfName Japanese
notableCommander Chuichi Nagumo
Isoroku Yamamoto
Jisaburo Ozawa NERFINISHED
Nobutake Kondo NERFINISHED
notableShip Akagi
Chikuma
Chitose
Chiyoda
Hiryū
Hiyō
Jun’yō
Kaga
Musashi
Mutsu
Nagato
Ryūjō
Shinano
Shokaku
surface form: Shōkaku

Sōryū
Taiho
surface form: Taihō

Tone
Yamato
Zuihō
Zuikaku
notableTactic mass employment of carrier-based aircraft
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
primaryArm naval aviation
role offensive naval air arm in the Pacific
principal carrier striking force of the Imperial Japanese Navy
status disbanded
theater Pacific War
timePeriod early 1940s
translationOfName Mobile Task Force

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2nd Carrier Division subordinateTo Mobile Fleet