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Who first spotted the Japanese fleet in the battle of the Coal Sea?
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Neither the US or Japanese fleets were ever in sight of each other . The first indication of the American fleet was when aircraft from the carrer Yorktown attacked Japanese ships supporting the Japanese invasion of the island of Tulagi which precipitated the entry of the Japanese armada into the Coral Sea to search for the US Fleet with the intent to defeat Allied naval forces located there .
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What location did Admiral Nimitz's fleet ambush and severely damage the Japanese fleet at by stopping the Japanese offensive in the Pacific?
Battle Of Midway
Site of the battle where the Japanese navy defeated the Russian Far Eastern Fleet in 1904?
The battle of Tsushima
Where did Americans ships destroy most of the Japanese fleet?
battle of iwo jima
Which famous battles were fought in August?
The "Battle of the Yellow Sea"; known in Russia as the "Battle of 10 August", which was fought in 1904 between Russian and Japanese steel battleships. The battle was tactically inconclusive, but a strategic victory for the Japanese Battle Fleet, as the Russian Fleet turned about and headed back into port; where they remained.
What are the main reason that Japanese attacked pearl harbor?
To eliminate the US Battle Fleet stationed there.
How did the US find out about the Battle of Midway?
A U. S. bomber spotted the Japanese fleet and radioed their position, until U. S. forces arrived.
WHAT BATTLE the last major battle in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
What location did Admiral Nimitz's fleet ambush and severely damage the Japanese fleet at by stopping the Japanese offensive in the Pacific?
Battle Of Midway
What naval battle was the Japanese fleet destroyed?
The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot was the battle where the Japanese Navy was destroyed. The Japanese Navy was destroyed in 1945.
What represented the last major battle in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Represented the last major battle in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet.?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
What represented the last major battle in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet.?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
The represented the last major battle in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet.?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Why Midway Island was important in world war 2?
It was the first major battle at sea between what was left of the US fleet and the Japanese fleet. The US carriers won the battle and inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese fleet. If the Japanese had been victorious the US Navy would have been helpless in the pacific ocean for a long time, possibly long enough to have turned the war in favor of the Japanese.
What battled represented the last major battle in the Pacific with the Japanese fleet?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of midway results?
The first big US victory in the Pacific and a decimating blow to the Japanese Navy which cruched their carrier fleet.
In the Battle of Midway the Japanese lost four of their?
Fleet Aircraft Carriers. (Fleet Carriers are a navy's largest carrier).
