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.
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Movements
- December 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
- May 4–8, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea
- August 24, 1942 Battle of the Eastern Solomons Map
- October 26, 1942 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
- June 19–20, 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea
- October 20, 1944 – August 15, 1945 Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
- October 23–26, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf