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The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific. Some historians consider it to be the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare.
The would be the Battle of Midway. The destruction of so many Japanese air craft carriers and aircraft was a blow they could not recover from.
The greatest Japanese Naval Commander is Admiral Togo, whose Battleship Fleet defeated the Russian Battleship Fleet at the, "Battle of Tsushima", on 27 May 1905. Admiral Togo, is the ONLY naval commander in history, to have won a DECISIVE modern BATTLESHIP FLEET action. Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, commander of the Russian Battle fleet at Tsushima, is the only other naval commander in HISTORY, to have fought a DECISIVE (steel battleships) BATTLESHIP FLEET ACTION! Note* The Battle of Jutland (WWI, 1916) was NOT decisive. Individual battleship engagements during WWII are NOT "fleet" engagements.
Sea Battle, Naval Engagement, Naval battle, Naval Action, Sea Fight, Sea Engagement, Surface Engagement, Surface Action, to name a few.
Midway proved decisive to the naval war in the Central Pacific. US carrier forces sank four Japanese carriers, altering the balance of power for the remainder of the war.
It was the Battle of Midway.
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific. Some historians consider it to be the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare.
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The Battle of the Java Sea Was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of WWII that sealed the fate of the Netherlands East Indies.
1. It was a carrier battle. 2. It was decisive.
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Between modern steel warships; only the Battle of Tsushima in May of 1905 was a decisive "battleship" FLEET action. For "cruisers", the Battle of the Java Sea in February of 1942 was a decisive FLEET action. Although the Coral Sea was history's first clash of carrier fleets; it was at Midway that carriers fought the first "decisive" Carrier FLEET action. "New Era...?" The new era in naval warfare was airplanes fighting naval battles instead of the big guns of the battleships and cruisers.
The would be the Battle of Midway. The destruction of so many Japanese air craft carriers and aircraft was a blow they could not recover from.
Sea Battle, Naval Engagement, Naval battle, Naval Action, Sea Fight, Sea Engagement, Surface Engagement, Surface Action, to name a few.
The greatest Japanese Naval Commander is Admiral Togo, whose Battleship Fleet defeated the Russian Battleship Fleet at the, "Battle of Tsushima", on 27 May 1905. Admiral Togo, is the ONLY naval commander in history, to have won a DECISIVE modern BATTLESHIP FLEET action. Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, commander of the Russian Battle fleet at Tsushima, is the only other naval commander in HISTORY, to have fought a DECISIVE (steel battleships) BATTLESHIP FLEET ACTION! Note* The Battle of Jutland (WWI, 1916) was NOT decisive. Individual battleship engagements during WWII are NOT "fleet" engagements.
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