Battle of the Philippine Sea

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a major 1944 World War II naval engagement in the Pacific, in which U.S. forces decisively defeated Japanese carrier aviation in what became known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot."

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Label Occurrences
Battle of the Philippine Sea canonical 106
Battle of the Philippine Sea (training and ferry role) 1
Battle of the Philippine Sea air raids of June 1944 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
aircraftCarrierInvolved Japanese carrier Chitose ⓘ
Japanese carrier Chiyoda ⓘ
Japanese carrier Hiyo ⓘ
Japanese carrier Junyo ⓘ
Japanese carrier Shokaku ⓘ
Japanese carrier Taiho ⓘ
Japanese carrier Zuiho ⓘ
Japanese carrier Zuikaku ⓘ
USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) ⓘ
USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) ⓘ
USS Cabot (CVL-28) ⓘ
USS Enterprise (CV-6) ⓘ
USS Essex (CV-9) ⓘ
USS Hornet (CV-12) ⓘ
USS Langley (CVL-27) ⓘ
USS Lexington (CV-16) ⓘ
USS Wasp (CV-18) ⓘ
USS Yorktown (CV-10) ⓘ
aircraftLosses hundreds of Japanese carrier aircraft destroyed ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Marianas Turkey Shoot ⓘ
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
campaign Marianas campaign ⓘ
commander Jisaburō Ozawa ⓘ
surface form: Jisaburo Ozawa

Marc A. Mitscher ⓘ
Raymond A. Spruance ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
date 1944-06-19 ⓘ
endDate 1944-06-20 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ
forceInvolved First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Mobile Fleet

U.S. Fifth Fleet ⓘ
U.S. Navy Task Force 58 ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Task Force 58
location Philippine Sea ⓘ
west of the Mariana Islands ⓘ
notableFeature largest carrier-versus-carrier battle in history ⓘ
massive air-to-air combat ⓘ
notableTactic Japanese long-range carrier air strikes ⓘ
U.S. use of radar-directed fighter control ⓘ
objective defend U.S. invasion of the Mariana Islands ⓘ
destroy Japanese carrier air power ⓘ
partOf Mariana and Palau Islands campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Philippine Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Philippine Sea air raids of June 1944
result decisive United States victory ⓘ
shipsSunk Japanese carrier Hiyo ⓘ
surface form: Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyo

Japanese carrier Shokaku ⓘ
surface form: Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku

Japanese carrier Taiho ⓘ
surface form: Japanese aircraft carrier Taiho
strategicConsequence crippled Japanese naval aviation ⓘ
paved way for further U.S. advances toward Japan ⓘ
secured U.S. invasion of Saipan ⓘ
theater Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II

Referenced by (111)

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

Imperial Japanese Navy → engagedIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Combined Fleet → notableEngagement → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Philippine Sea → wasSiteOf → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Philippine Sea → battleOccurredOn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Chester W. Nimitz → notableEvent → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Battle of Saipan → associatedWith → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → conflict → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Shokaku → tookPartIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Shokaku → sunkIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Raymond A. Spruance → battle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
USS Enterprise (CV-6) → notableEngagement → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Zuikaku → participatedIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Zuikaku → notableEngagement → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Operation Ten-Go → precededBy → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf naval battles
Yamato → battle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters → usedInBattle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Battle of the Philippine Sea → precededBy → Battle of the Philippine Sea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of the Philippine Sea air raids of June 1944
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → notableOperation → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
First Fleet → notableEngagement → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Second Fleet → engagedInBattle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
Jisaburō Ozawa → battle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Takeo Kurita → participatedIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas → oversawCampaign → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Operation Forager → relatedEvent → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
First Carrier Division → notableOperation → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean Areas → notableOperation → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) → participatedIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
USS South Dakota (BB-57) → participatedIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Chester → notableEvent → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz
Mariana and Palau Islands campaign → includesBattle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
The Big E → tookPartIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Enterprise (CV-6)
Japanese cruiser Chokai → battle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Grumman TBF Avenger → notableEngagement → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Type 93 Long Lance torpedo → usedInBattle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
USS Essex (CV-9) → battle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
U.S. Navy Task Force 58 → engagement → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Marc A. Mitscher → notableBattle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Bull Halsey → notableBattle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Commander, Third Fleet → engagement → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Yokosuka D4Y → usedInBattle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
USS Minneapolis (CA-36) → participatedIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
USS New Orleans (CA-32) → participatedIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Nakajima B6N Tenzan → usedInBattle → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → conflict → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Kumano → participatedIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Zeke → referredAircraftUsedIn → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Great Marianas Turkey Shoot → hasPartOf → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Great Marianas Turkey Shoot → conflict → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
Great Marianas Turkey Shoot → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: First day air battle of the Battle of the Philippine Sea