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Why were aircraft carriers crucial to the Japanese and American war efforts?
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Carriers could defeat any traditional warship afloat. Who ever had them, could win any and all sea battles. If US carriers had been sunk at Pearl Harbor, and only US battleships existed during WWII...the US Navy would have lost every single battle against the IJN.
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Battle of Midway what objective was each side trying to accomplish?
Midway islands were crucial for Japan to control so they could advance further in South East Asia and Australia. The opposite was true for the Americans, Australians and other allies. They had to stop the Japanese in the Midway Islands to begin their advance toward Japan. The victory of the battle also had morale boosting effects for the Allied Nations. It was the beginning of the end for Japan. I came back to add: The Japanese were bent on destroying all the aircraft carriers in that battle too. They failed.
What is June 1942 midway?
What you are referring to is known as the Battle of Midway, in June 4-7, 1942. The Battle of Midway is sometimes regarded as one of the most important and crucial battles in the Pacific Theater. The Battle consisted of major naval and air engagements over control of the Midway Atoll. The battle ended in a decisive American Victory with four Japanese Carriers being sunk.
How did the Battle of Midway change the war in the pacific?
The Battle of Midway was a turning point in the war in the Pacific. The decisive victory for the United States halted the Japanese advance and shifted the balance of power in the region. It provided a crucial boost in morale for the Americans and allowed them to go on the offensive, ultimately leading to the eventual defeat of Japan.
Major ships of world war 2?
World War II saw the development and use of several major naval ships. Some notable ones include the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise, USS Yorktown, and HMS Ark Royal, which played crucial roles in naval battles and air raids. Battleships like the USS Missouri, HMS King George V, and the Bismarck were also significant, engaging in battles and bombardments. Additionally, submarines like the USS Nautilus and U-boat types VIIC and IX were important for their stealth and sinking merchant ships.
What was the importance of the battle of leyte gulf?
The Japanese launched Kamikaze raids. in these suicide-plane attacks, Japanese pilots crashed their planes into allied ships supporting the invasion. Still, Japan lost so many ships in the Battle of Leyte Gulf that the Japanese Navy was essentially knocked out the war
What was not at Pearl Harbor the day of the attack that ended up hurting the Japanese by the end of the war?
No American aircraft carriers were in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. The US had only three in the Pacific (and another three in the Atlantic) at that time. The Japanese had about eight or nine. One of the three Pacific Fleet carriers was in a shipyard undergoing a major overhaul, so there were only two available when the war started. Loss of either would have been a very serious, crippling matter. One of these two was the USS Enterprise, which lasted through the entire war and took part in every major carrier battle in the Pacific. The US was able to build dozens of new carriers by the end of the war, but in the crucial first months, there was only those two or three. The Japanese were very lucky with their Pearl Harbor attack and almost everything went their way, but this was one fantastic piece of good fortune for the Americans, that none of the carriers were in the Harbor on December 7.
What was most importantly not at Pearl Harbor during the attack?
There were three objects of great importance to the US Navy that were not located at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on the morning of December 7, 1941. Those were the three Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers, the USS Lexington (CV-2); the USS Enterprise (CV-6); and, the USS Saratoga (CV-3). If the Japanese had succeeded in sinking even one of the US carriers at Pearl Harbor, it would have been a crippling blow to the US Navy, which needed the carriers to launch aircraft into battle at sea. Five months after Pearl Harbor, from 4 May 1942 to 8 May 1942, the Japanese Navy and the US Navy fought the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first naval battle in history in which aircraft carriers engaged one another, and it was also the first naval battle in history in which the battling ships could not see one another and did not fire on one another. Just one month later, in June, 1942, the US and Japanese carriers and their task forces fought the Battle of Midway. Once again, fighter aircraft were crucially important. US Navy fighters and dive bombers sank four Japanese aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway, and that was the beginning of the end for the Imperial Japanese Navy in WWII. Airplanes were of crucial importance in the Pacific Campaign of World War II, because they did a tremendous amount of the fighting. In the Battle of the Coral Sea, fighter planes did almost all of the fighting. The airplanes could not have been in the battles without the carriers, because many of the battles were fought long distances from land or US military bases. Nine days after the Japanese attacked Peal Harbor, the carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) was transferred from the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Fleet. Later, the USS Hornet (CV-8), which was newly commissioned at the time, joined the Pacific Fleet.
What targets did japan miss during the bombing of pearl harbor?
The drydock, the submarine base within Pearl Harbor, and, especially the fuel farm. But the Japanese pilots were not briefed to attack these targets. Their sole objective was to do all the damage they could to ships of the fleet. Perhaps if they had sent a third attack, they might have paid some attention to these high-value targets. The drydock in Pearl Harbor was the only one short of the West Coast capable of accepting large ships for the repair of battle damage. This was crucial several times in 1942, as when the Saratoga was hastily patched up in time to participate at Midway. Submarine sailors made up only 1% of the US Navy, but they sank 55% of all enemy ships sent to the bottom by the US. Attacks on their extensive maintenance, machine shops and repair sheds in Pearl might have made it difficult to continue to base the subs there, and they might have been forced to operate from the West Coast, adding 4500 miles to their war cruises. If the fuel farm had been destroyed, the entire fleet could no longer have been based at Pearl, and would have been forced to withdraw to its old bases on the West Cpast.
Where is albumin transported to?
In the blood plasma? it's a crucial component of it. Important as carriers and maintaining oncotic pressure.
Battle of Midway what objective was each side trying to accomplish?
Midway islands were crucial for Japan to control so they could advance further in South East Asia and Australia. The opposite was true for the Americans, Australians and other allies. They had to stop the Japanese in the Midway Islands to begin their advance toward Japan. The victory of the battle also had morale boosting effects for the Allied Nations. It was the beginning of the end for Japan. I came back to add: The Japanese were bent on destroying all the aircraft carriers in that battle too. They failed.
Why was the attack at Pearl Harbor not considered a complete success?
It was a tactical victory for the Japanese Navy, because they had destroyed much of the UN Navy's battleships; with a low loss rate. It was a strategic victory for the US Navy, because the USN would now rely on AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, since the battleships were out of commission. If the USN had used battleships against the Imperial navy's carriers, the USN would have lost the naval war to Japan. US entry into the war is also considered a strategic defeat for Japan,which is true, but this is a "catch all phrase" for lazy historians to use...as the US may well have entered WW2 for other reasons, as it did in WW1 (for unrestricted submarine warfare reasons). German submarines and US Navy surface vessels had been trading shots well before the Pearl Harbor attack; therefore it was only a matter of time before someone declared war (again, as happened in WW1). Therefore, the real strategic defeat for Japan was the US Navy's concentration on airpower (carriers) instead of the obsolete battleships, which they certainly would have used, if they had not been sunk!
What is June 1942 midway?
What you are referring to is known as the Battle of Midway, in June 4-7, 1942. The Battle of Midway is sometimes regarded as one of the most important and crucial battles in the Pacific Theater. The Battle consisted of major naval and air engagements over control of the Midway Atoll. The battle ended in a decisive American Victory with four Japanese Carriers being sunk.
What are some crucial differences between Chinese and Japanese historiography of the Nanking Massacre and what effects do they play in their current day relationship?
Military situation and Approach of the Imperial Japanese Army are some crucial differences between Chinese and Japanese historiography of the Nanking Massacre.
What is a samurai's religion?
Shinto and Buddhism, Both are crucial parts to the Japanese Identity
Doolittle flew off what naval ship?
The USS Hornet (CV 8). The Hornet was sunk later that year. Doolittle's Army B-25s were too big to get down on the hanger deck of the Hornet, and their wings did not fold up like carrier aircraft - they could not fit on the ship's elevators. This meant they had to ride to within launching distance lashed down on the Hornet's flight deck. With her deck covered with these bombers the Hornet could operate none of her own aircraft. Therefore she needed another carrier for an escort, in case they ran into Japanese carriers. The USS Enterprise (CV 6) went along to provide this air cover. The US had only three carriers in the Pacific at that crucial stage of the war, and risked two of them on this dangerous mission into enemy waters.
What are the aircraft carrier names?
I think it must be the USS Enterprise. I don't know if any of the Japanese carriers were larger. The fact that the carriers were not in dock when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor was crucial to the outome of the pacific war. This is all wrong. The USS Enterprise was definitely not the largest aircraft carrier during World War Two by any stretch of the imagination. It wasn't even the largest of the US aircraft carriers during the War. The Enterprise was a Yorktown-class carrier of about 20,000 tons. The earlier Saratoga and Lexington carriers, converted from World War One-vintage battlecruisers, came in at 36,000 tons, while the Essex class carriers built during the War were around 26,000 tons, all bigger than Enterprise. But none of these are the largest aircraft carrier during WWII. That would have to be the Japanese Shinano, converted from a Yamato-class battleship during construction. The Shinano came in at a whooping 64,800 tons, more than three times that of the Enterprise. The largest purpose-built aircraft carrier was probably the Japanese Taiho, that had an armored flight deck and so had a tonnage of 29,300. Joe in Moraga
Significance of Saratoga?
It was a crucial victory for the patriots and the turning point of the American Revolution
