An attack on Pearl Harbor.
Japanese Navy and the US Navy
The US Navy .
The Japanese achieved their objective of crippling the US Navy and keeping the US from helping other co
Hideki Tojo
Gaining control of the sea surrounding the Guadalcanal area. Translation: Fighting the Japanese navy. Note: The US Marine Corps are part of the US Navy.
because that's were the US defeated the Japanese imperial navy
Nimitz
Guadalanca
They were almost evenly matched. The bulk of the US Fleet was concentrated in the Atlantic at that time.
Aircraft of the Japanese Navy bombed the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
There were no Japanese at D-Day. The USMC and US Navy were keeping them too busy in the pacific.
On land, overwhelming firepower. At sea, overwhelming firepower. During the land battles, that tactic worked well, there was NO place for the Japanese to retreat to, on an island. At sea however, the Japanese had the overwhelming firepower and skill to use it. Only after the US out numbered the Japanese Navy in Aircraft Carriers, Airplanes, Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers, and Submarines, did the US Navy overwhelm the Imperial Navy with firepower.