Kido Butai

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Kido Butai was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s elite carrier strike force during World War II, responsible for major early-war operations including the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Label Occurrences
Kido Butai canonical 10
Dai-go Kōkū Sentai 1
Kido Butai (First Air Fleet carrier strike force) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy carrier strike force
naval aviation task force
activeDuring World War II
commander Chuichi Nagumo
Isoroku Yamamoto
Jisaburō Ozawa
surface form: Jisaburo Ozawa
commandStructure First Air Fleet
composedOf Akagi
Hiryu
Kaga
Shokaku
Sōryū
surface form: Soryu

Zuikaku
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
dateOfSignificantAction 1941-12-07
declineCause loss of carriers and aircrews at Midway
engagedInBattle Battle of Midway
Battle of Coral Sea
surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea

Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
Indian Ocean raid
surface form: Indian Ocean Raid

attack on Pearl Harbor
engagedInConflict Pacific War
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
formedFrom fleet aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy
historicalImpact temporarily shifted naval balance in the Pacific toward Japan
languageOfName Japanese
locationOfSignificantAction Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
surface form: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
meaningOfName carrier striking task force
mobile force
militaryBranch naval aviation
notableFor attack on Pearl Harbor
early Pacific War carrier operations
objectiveAtPearlHarbor cripple the United States Pacific Fleet
partOf Imperial Japanese Navy
role offensive carrier strike force
statusByLateWar effectively destroyed as an elite carrier force
strategicDoctrine concentrated carrier task force operations
tacticalStrength mass employment of carrier air power
usedAircraftType Aichi D3A dive bombers
surface form: Aichi D3A

Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters
surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

Nakajima B5N
usedWarfareType carrier-based aerial warfare
naval air strikes

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First Air Fleet alsoKnownAs Kido Butai
Aichi D3A dive bombers enteredServiceWith Kido Butai
subject surface form: Aichi D3A
Operation Z executedBy Kido Butai
Indian Ocean raid involvedUnit Kido Butai
5th Carrier Division alsoKnownAs Kido Butai
this entity surface form: Dai-go Kōkū Sentai
Hiryu partOf Kido Butai
CV-2 (IJN internal designation, not US-style) affiliation Kido Butai
subject surface form: Hiryū
this entity surface form: Kido Butai (First Air Fleet carrier strike force)
Japanese carrier Zuikaku navalFleet Kido Butai
subject surface form: Zuikaku
Mobile Fleet component Kido Butai
this entity surface form: Kidō Butai
fleet carrier Soryu partOf Kido Butai
subject surface form: Soryu