Operation A-Go

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Operation A-Go was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s 1944 defensive strategy and fleet operation intended to deliver a decisive blow to U.S. forces in the central Pacific, culminating in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

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instanceOf World War II operation ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
naval operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs A-Go Sakusen ⓘ
A-Gō Sakusen ⓘ
linked to: Kogo Sakusen
commandedBy Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
consequence heavy losses of Japanese carrier aircraft ⓘ
irreversible weakening of Japanese naval air power ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
culminatedIn Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
designedTo lure U.S. carrier forces into a decisive engagement ⓘ
goal defend the Mariana Islands ⓘ
deliver a decisive blow to U.S. naval forces in the central Pacific ⓘ
destroy U.S. fast carrier task forces ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the effective end of Japan’s ability to conduct large-scale carrier operations ⓘ
involvedAsset Japanese aircraft carriers ⓘ
Japanese battleships ⓘ
Japanese land-based naval air units ⓘ
involvedUnit First Mobile Fleet ⓘ
linked to: Mobile Fleet

Japanese Mobile Fleet ⓘ
linked to: Kido Butai
location Mariana Islands region ⓘ
linked to: Mariana Islands

Philippine Sea ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
opponent United States Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
outcomeForJapan strategic failure ⓘ
outcomeForUnitedStates secured air and sea superiority in the Marianas ⓘ
partOf Japanese Central Pacific defensive plan ⓘ
Japanese defense of the Marianas ⓘ
planningAuthority Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff ⓘ
precededBy earlier Japanese Z-Plan concepts ⓘ
relatedBattle Battle of the Marianas ⓘ
linked to: Marianas campaign

Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ
relatedConcept Japanese decisive battle doctrine ⓘ
result Japanese defeat ⓘ
failure to stop U.S. advance in the Marianas ⓘ
startDate 1944-06 ⓘ
status completed ⓘ
strategyType decisive battle strategy ⓘ
defensive strategy ⓘ
theater Central Pacific ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
timePeriod June 1944 ⓘ
triggeredBy U.S. invasion of the Marianas ⓘ
year 1944 ⓘ

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