Kido Butai

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kido_Butai
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:consistsOf gptkb:Kaga
gptkb:Akagi
gptkb:Hiryu
gptkb:Shokaku
gptkb:Soryu
gptkb:Zuikaku
gptkbp:country gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:disbanded 1942
gptkbp:established April 1941
gptkbp:fate destroyed at Battle of Midway
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Akagi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kido Butai
gptkbp:nameMeaning gptkb:Mobile_Force
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:First_Air_Fleet
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Eastern_Solomons
gptkb:Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
gptkb:Battle_of_Santa_Cruz_Islands
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Indian_Ocean_Raid
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Isoroku_Yamamoto
gptkb:Chuichi_Nagumo
gptkb:Tamon_Yamaguchi
gptkbp:notableFor first carrier task force in history
pioneered carrier-based naval warfare
sank US battleships at Pearl Harbor
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:type carrier strike force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Air_Fleet_(Kido_Butai)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5