Indian Ocean raid

E29082
World War II battle naval operation

The Indian Ocean raid was a major World War II naval operation in April 1942 in which Japan’s fleet struck British and Allied forces in the Indian Ocean, aiming to weaken their naval presence and disrupt supply lines.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Indian Ocean raid canonical 26
Indian Ocean Raid 14
Indian Ocean raid (1942) 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Easter Sunday Raid ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

United Kingdom ⓘ
commander Chuichi Nagumo ⓘ
James Somerville ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon

Japan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endDate 1942-04-10 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea
involvedUnit HMAS Vampire ⓘ
HMS Cornwall ⓘ
HMS Dorsetshire ⓘ
HMS Formidable ⓘ
HMS Hermes ⓘ
HMS Indomitable ⓘ
HMS Warspite ⓘ
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
surface form: Japanese First Air Fleet

Kido Butai ⓘ
location Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
near Colombo ⓘ
near Trincomalee ⓘ
off Ceylon ⓘ
notableAction Japanese carrier air attacks on Colombo ⓘ
Japanese carrier air attacks on Trincomalee ⓘ
air raids on shipping in the Bay of Bengal ⓘ
sinking of Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire ⓘ
sinking of British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes ⓘ
sinking of British cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire ⓘ
objective disrupt Allied supply lines ⓘ
threaten British positions in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
weaken British naval presence in the Indian Ocean ⓘ
opponent Eastern Fleet ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
result Allied strategic withdrawal ⓘ
Japanese tactical victory ⓘ
survival of Eastern Fleet core units ⓘ
startDate 1942-03-31 ⓘ
strategicImpact demonstrated reach of Japanese carrier forces into the Indian Ocean ⓘ
prompted dispersion of British Eastern Fleet ⓘ
timePeriod April 1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

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

Imperial Japanese Navy → engagedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Akagi → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Akagi → launchedAircraftIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Kaga → notableOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
Sōryū → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Combined Fleet → notableEngagement → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Hiryū → tookPartIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Chuichi Nagumo → operationCommanded → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
First Air Fleet → notableOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
Shokaku → tookPartIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
heavy cruiser Mikuma → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
subject surface form: Mikuma
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
Aichi D3A dive bombers → notableOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
subject surface form: Aichi D3A
Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers → usedInEvent → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
subject surface form: Nakajima B5N
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → notableOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
2nd Carrier Division → notableEngagement → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
5th Carrier Division → operationParticipatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
Kido Butai → engagedInBattle → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
Hiryu → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Commander of First Air Fleet → notableOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
First Carrier Division → notableOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → operationParticipatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Takeo Takagi → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean raids (1942)
Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga → tookPartIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Japanese battleship Hiei → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Japanese heavy cruiser Atago → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean raid (1942)
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean raid (1942)
Eastern Fleet → notableOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean raid response (1942)
Easter Sunday Raid → partOf → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Easter Sunday Raid → relatedEvent → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean raid of 1942
HMS Dorsetshire → operation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
HMS Cornwall → armedConflict → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
HMS Hermes → conflict → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Japanese carrier Shokaku → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Japanese carrier Zuikaku → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
subject surface form: Zuikaku
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
Mobile Fleet → engagement → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
fleet carrier Soryu → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
subject surface form: Soryu
fleet carrier Hiryu → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
subject surface form: Hiryū
CV-2 → tookPartIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
Carrier Division 2 → notableEngagement → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
Nakajima B5N → usedInOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
James Somerville → notableOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean raid response (1942)
Kongō → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryū → battle → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
Japanese heavy cruiser Tone → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
九七式艦上攻撃機 → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: インド洋作戦
Japanese cruiser Suzuya → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean raids
D3A → notableOperation → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
subject surface form: Aichi D3A
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean Raid
Japanese destroyer Isokaze → participatedIn → Indian Ocean raid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indian Ocean raid (1942)