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Battle of the Philippine Sea
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:marine
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Great_Marianas_Turkey_Shoot
gptkbp:casualties
Japan: 3 carriers sunk
Japan: 600+ aircraft lost
US: 1 battleship damaged
US: 123 aircraft lost
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Jisaburō_Ozawa
gptkb:Raymond_A._Spruance
gptkbp:date
June 19–20, 1944
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Battle of the Philippine Sea
gptkbp:Japanese_aircraft_carriers_involved
gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkb:Shōkaku
gptkb:Taihō
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:notableEvent
Heavy Japanese pilot losses
Massive aerial combat
US submarine attacks on Japanese carriers
gptkbp:objective
Prevent US invasion of the Marianas
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Battle_of_Saipan
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Mariana_Islands_campaign
gptkbp:result
Decisive American victory
gptkbp:significance
End of Japanese carrier air power
Major loss of Japanese carrier-based aircraft
gptkbp:US_aircraft_carriers_involved
gptkb:USS_Enterprise
gptkb:USS_Yorktown
USS Lexington
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Chester_W._Nimitz
gptkb:Fleet_Admiral_Raymond_A._Spruance
gptkb:ship
gptkb:Philippine_Sea
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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