It was a lopsided US victory during which the Japanese lost most of its Naval Air Fleet including four carriers and one cruiser, 332 aircraft and about 3,500 seamen. The US lost the carrier Yorktown, one destroyer and 307 servicemen.
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The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot was the battle where the Japanese Navy was destroyed. The Japanese Navy was destroyed in 1945.
It was important because the US fleet destroyed or damaged the majority of the Japanese Imperial Navies carriers.
There were 98 American aircraft destroyed (it may include planes destroyed on the ground at Midway), though not all there pilots were killed. The figure of 307 includes aircraft crewmen (non-pilots) losses on the island of Midway and people assigned to ships crews.
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The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot was the battle where the Japanese Navy was destroyed. The Japanese Navy was destroyed in 1945.
Their best pilots and aircrewmen were destroyed at Midway.
It was important because the US fleet destroyed or damaged the majority of the Japanese Imperial Navies carriers.
Their best torpedo & dive bomber pilots and aircrewmen were lost at Midway.
I would suggest that the turning point was at the Battle of Midway, when America destroyed much of the Japanese naval power.
No, it was the Battle of Midway. The Battle of the Bulge was a ground engagement in Europe. It was a German counterattack in France.
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There were 98 American aircraft destroyed (it may include planes destroyed on the ground at Midway), though not all there pilots were killed. The figure of 307 includes aircraft crewmen (non-pilots) losses on the island of Midway and people assigned to ships crews.
Germany's version of the battle of midway is the battle of stalingrad