WORLD WAR II
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WORLD WAR II
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U.S. was put on the defensive until the end of the war.
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U.S. lost many aircraft carriers and aircraft.
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Japan never threatened Pacific domination again.
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Japan lost its powerful navy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following was a result of the Battle of Midway? Japan never again threatened Pacific domination. Germany used its reserves and demoralized its troops in the battle.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the Battle of Midway, Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2, 500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.
Detailed explanation-3: -With a victory at Midway, the Japanese could have halted operations in the Pacific and focused on building defenses on Pacific islands that would bog down the American counterattack in mid-1943 in island-to-island fighting, with a vast Japanese fleet to challenge the landing party.
Detailed explanation-4: -U.S. naval victory over the Japanese fleet in June 1942, in which the Japanese lost four of their best aircraft carriers. It marked a turning point in World War II.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the war. Japanese and American naval powers were roughly equalized. The war ended three years later, and today the battle is memorialized by such monuments as Chicago Midway International Airport and the Battle of Midway National Memorial.