WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
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Battle of Okinawa
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Battle of Iwo Jima
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Island Hopping
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Battle of Midway
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hiryu, the only surviving Japanese carrier, responded with two waves of attacks-both times bombing the USS Yorktown, leaving it severely damaged but still afloat. (A Japanese submarine later sank the Yorktown on June 7.)
Detailed explanation-2: -In the end, it is unlikely that the destruction of two carriers at Pearl would have turned the tide of war. The massive fleet of carriers that the United States built by 1944 would have overwhelmed the prewar Imperial Japanese Navy, even without the losses at Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal.
Detailed explanation-3: -The following day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the United States, and the U.S. Congress declared war against Japan. Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -For the operation, the Japanese had only four carriers; Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū.