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The Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers and other ships at the Battle of Midway (Midway island) just 7 months after Pearl Harbor, from June 4 to June 7, 1942.
Although the Japanese were the tactical winners in the much smaller Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4-8, 1942), it was a setback in terms of the continuing expansion of Japanese control of the Pacific. Both the US and Japanese had a carrier sunk.
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∙ 15y agoGuadalcanal was their first WWII land defeat. Students of military history concentrate a little too much on the Guadalcanal land fighting; the naval battles around the Guadalcanal area were FAR MORE deadly, and there were over a half a dozen vicious sea battles off Guadalcanal. The land battle meant little; who ever controlled the sea's surrounding Guadalcanal would win "The Battle of Guadalcanal."
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∙ 11y agoAlthough the Japanese were the tactical winners in the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4-8, 1942), it was a setback in terms of the continuing expansion of Japanese control of the Pacific. Both the US and Japanese had a carrier sunk.
A month later, the Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers (and their naval superiority) at the Battle of Midway, from June 4 to June 7, 1942.
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∙ 9y agoThe first piece of territory the Allies recaptured from the Japanese (excluding shifts in the front-line in China), was the island of Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands group. This represented the beginning of the US counteroffensive against Japan in the Pacific theater.
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∙ 15y agoThe first Japanese land defeat of ww2, was at Milne Bay in New Guinea by Australian
forces August 1942.
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∙ 15y agoJapan's first set back, was the loss of Guadalcanal.
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∙ 9y agoGuadalcanal
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What strategy did british leader Winston churchill and president fanklin d roosevelt decide on during meetings in 1942?
to defeat the japanese first and then turn attention to the germans
Which Battle marked the first defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific?
Wake island.
What where the causes of the Battle of Midway?
During World War II, the causes of the Battle of Midway were two in number. First, on the Japanese side, the intent was to seize Midway Island as a forward-base that would serve both offensive and defensive capabilities. Second, on the American side, the intent was to prevent this seizure while also dealing the Japanese navy a decisive defeat.
What was the significance The battle of Guadalcanal?
Some of the worst USN defeats and losses in US history; but the first US victory and the first Japanese defeat in WWII.
Who fired the first shot at world war 2?
Japanese
It would have been more important to defeat the Germans or the Japanese first during war?
Germans...I think.
Who was the empire of japan during world war 2?
First off it's, "what was the Empire of Japan." It was the was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War Two in 1945.
What country did Japan defeat in its first foreign war during the Meji period?
Qing Empire (China) First Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895
It would have been more important to defeat the Germans or the Japanese first during the war Explain you answer?
Yes, because Germany was more powerful than japan.
What was the first major US defeat during World War 2 in the Pacific?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor. Obviously.
What was the first nation to defeat Japanese land forces in World War 2?
Australia In early September 1942 Japanese marines attacked a strategic Royal Australian Air Force base at Milne Bay, near the eastern tip of New Guinea. They were beaten back by the Australian Army, which inflicted the first outright defeat on Japanese land forces since 1939
What strategy did british leader Winston churchill and president fanklin d roosevelt decide on during meetings in 1942?
to defeat the japanese first and then turn attention to the germans
What was the location of the first defeat of Japanese ground forces?
At Milne Bay in New Guinea.
Which Battle marked the first defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific?
Wake island.
What was the first attack on Japanese main land during World War 2?
The Doolittle Raid : April 18, 1942 .
Why did Roosevelt and Churchill decide to defeat Germany first?
We declared war against Germany first & did not have the naval resources to defeat the Japanese empire after the loses at Pearl Harbor.
What where the causes of the Battle of Midway?
During World War II, the causes of the Battle of Midway were two in number. First, on the Japanese side, the intent was to seize Midway Island as a forward-base that would serve both offensive and defensive capabilities. Second, on the American side, the intent was to prevent this seizure while also dealing the Japanese navy a decisive defeat.
