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."

Aliases (2)

Battle of the Philippine Sea air raids of June 1944 ×1
Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf naval battles ×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	Empire of Japan → United States →
campaign	Marianas campaign →
commander	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	Japanese Mobile Fleet → U.S. Fifth Fleet → 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 air raids of June 1944 →
result	decisive United States victory →
shipsSunk	Japanese aircraft carrier Hiyo → Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku → 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 Theater of World War II →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Combined Fleet → First Fleet → USS Enterprise (CV-6) → Zuikaku →	notableEngagement
Jisaburō Ozawa → Raymond A. Spruance → Yamato →	battle
Takeo Kurita → Zuikaku →	participatedIn
Battle of the Philippine Sea ("Battle of the Philippine Sea air raids of June 1944") → Operation Ten-Go ("Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf naval battles") →	precededBy
Battle of Saipan →	associatedWith
Philippine Sea →	battleOccurredOn
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan →	conflict
Imperial Japanese Navy →	engagedIn
Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) →	engagedInBattle
Chester W. Nimitz →	notableEvent
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service →	notableOperation
Shokaku →	sunkIn
Shokaku →	tookPartIn
Mitsubishi A6M Zero →	usedInBattle
Philippine Sea →	wasSiteOf