Fifth Fleet (other)
Fifth Fleet or 5th fleet may mean: * United States Fifth Fleet * IJN 5th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 5 See also * * * * * Fifth (other) * Fleet (other) * Fourth Fleet (other) * Sixth Fleet (other) Sixth Fleet or 6th fleet may refer to: * United States Sixth Fleet * IJN 6th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 6 See also * * * * * Sixth (other) * Fleet (other) * Fifth Fleet (other) * Seventh Fleet (disa ...

United States Fifth Fleet
The Fifth Fleet is a numbered fleet of the United States Navy. It has been responsible for naval forces in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and parts of the Indian Ocean since 1995 after a 48-year hiatus. It shares a commander and headquarters with U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (''NAVCENT'') in Bahrain. Fifth Fleet/NAVCENT is a component command of, and reports to, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). Established in 1944, the Fifth Fleet conducted extensive operations against Japanese forces in the Central Pacific during World War II. World War II ended in 1945, and the Fifth Fleet was deactivated in 1947. It remained inactive until 1995, when it was reactivated and assumed its current responsibilities. World War II The Fifth Fleet was initially established during World War II on 26 April 1944 from the Central Pacific Force under the command of Admiral Raymond Spruance. Central Pacific Force was itself part of Pacific Ocean Areas. The ships of the Fifth Fleet also form ...
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IJN 5th Fleet
The was a fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, active during the early portions of the Second Sino-Japanese War, and again in World War II, primarily in the Aleutian campaign, during which it was augmented and designated the Northern Area Force. History Second Sino-Japanese War The 5th Fleet was initially formed on 1 February 1938 as part of the Japanese military emergency expansion program in the aftermath of the North China Incident of 1937. The initial plan was to construct 3rd, 4th and 5th China Area Fleets to cover the invasions of Japanese troops into the Chinese mainland, and to interdict and control commerce on the coasts. The 4th and 5th Fleets came under the operational control of the 2nd China Expeditionary Fleet. It participated in the Hainan Island Operation and other maritime interdiction operations off the Chinese coast. The fleet was disbanded on 15 November 1939 when its operations were merged into the China Area Fleet. World War II The 5th Fleet was resurre ...
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Luftflotte 5
Luftflotte 5 (Air Fleet 5) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 12 April 1940 in Hamburg for the invasion of Norway. It transferred to Oslo, Norway on 24 April 1940 and was the organization responsible for Luftwaffe activity in Occupied Norway throughout the Second World War. History Luftflotte 5 was responsible for German air operations during the invasion of Norway, and for the defence of the occupied territory thereafter. It was divided into various operational formations, governing air forces, and into Air Districts (''Luftgau'') controlling ground forces and facilities. In 1940, for the invasion, its main air asset was '' Fliegerkorps X'', a formation comprising four bomber and one fighter wings (''Geschwader'') together with air support forces. With the conclusion of the Norwegian campaign Fliegerkorps X was moved to other theatres (first to the Battle of Britain, then to the Mediterranean Sea). On 15 August 1940 the ''Luf ...
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Fifth (other)
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash that spreads in school-aged children * Fifth force, a proposed force of nature in addition to the four known fundamental forces * Fifth (Stargate), a robotic character in the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * Fifth (unit), a unit of volume used for distilled beverages in the U.S. * Fifth-generation programming language * The fifth in a series, or four after the first: see ordinal numbers * 1st Battalion, 5th Marines * The Fraction 1/5 * The royal fifth (Spanish and Portuguese), an old royal tax of 20% Music * A musical interval (music); specifically, a ** perfect fifth ** diminished fifth ** augmented fifth * Quintal harmony, in which chords concatenate fifth intervals (rather than the third intervals of tertian harmony) * Fifth (chor ...
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Fleet (other)
Fleet may refer to: Vehicles *Fishing fleet *Naval fleet *Fleet vehicles, a pool of motor vehicles *Fleet Aircraft, the aircraft manufacturing company Places Canada *Fleet, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet England * The Fleet Lagoon, at Chesil Beach, Dorset *Fleet, Dorset, England, a village and civil parish *Fleet, Hampshire, England, a town and civil parish *Fleet, Hayling Island, Hampshire, England, a hamlet *Fleet Pond, Hampshire, England *River Fleet, subterranean river in London, England **Fleet Street, named after the river ** Fleet Prison, named after the river **Fleet Line, named after the river, was the original name for the London Underground Jubillee Line *Fleet, Lincolnshire, England *Fleet (Kent), a term for a waterway in the Thames marshes, England Scotland *Water of Fleet, a river in Scotland *Fleet Bay, a part of a National Scenic Area within Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland United States * Fleet, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community In business * ARC Centre of ...
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Fourth Fleet (other)
Fourth Fleet or 4th fleet may mean: * Fourth Fleet (Australia), an unofficial term for convict ships from England in 1792 * United States Fourth Fleet * IJN 4th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 4 See also * * * * * Fourth (other) * Fleet (other) * Third Fleet (other) * Fifth Fleet (other) Fifth Fleet or 5th fleet may mean: * United States Fifth Fleet * IJN 5th Fleet, Imperial Japanese Navy * Luftflotte 5 See also * * * * * Fifth (other) * Fleet (other) * Fourth Fleet (other) * Sixth Fleet (disambigu ...