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Combined Fleet » Japanese Third Fleet (1942)

Fleet · Japan · July 14, 1942 – March 1, 1944

Japan's carrier fleet after Midway, under Chūichi Nagumo, then Jisaburō Ozawa: it fought the Eastern Solomons and Santa Cruz and became the core of the First Mobile Fleet.

Recorded for Pacific War.

Attached units 4

Shōkaku July 14, 1942 – March 1, 1944
Zuikaku July 14, 1942 – March 1, 1944
Zuihō July 14, 1942 – October 26, 1942 Damaged at Santa Cruz
Jun'yō October 1, 1942 – November 15, 1942

Engagements 6

Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
Battle of the Coral Sea May 4–8, 1942
Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 24–25, 1942
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 25–27, 1942
Battle of the Philippine Sea June 19–20, 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf October 23–26, 1944

Movements

August 24, 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons (Battle of the Eastern Solomons) · map
October 26, 1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands) · map
November 15, 1942 Truk · map
July 15, 1943 Home waters: training new air groups · map
November 1, 1943 Truk; air groups sent to Rabaul · map
February 15, 1944 – March 1, 1944 Withdraws to Singapore · map

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