What the records say
- When
- 19 Jun 1944 – 20 Jun 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 20.00° N, 130.00° E
- Description
- 1944 World War II Pacific naval battle
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Major naval battle of World War II
The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a major naval battle of World War II on 19–20 June 1944 that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious reconquest of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “معركة بحر الفلبين 19 - 20 يونيو 1944”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “翌日までマリアナ沖海戦。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page