WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEATER OF WWII
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Decisive win for the Japanese, US would take years to recover
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Decisive win for the US, a major turning point in the war
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Stalemate, neither side could win
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Decisive win for the Japanese, US retreats to Pearl Harbor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Midway, (June 3–6, 1942), World War II naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Imperial Japanese Navy would not be capable of overcoming the loss of four carriers and over 100 trained pilots, and with the loss at Midway, the Japanese offensive in the Pacific was overturned and the United States began offensive action in the Pacific.
Detailed explanation-3: -This critical US victory stopped the growth of Japan in the Pacific and put the United States in a position to begin shrinking the Japanese empire through a years-long series of island-hopping invasions and several even larger naval battles.