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How is the Battle of Midway the turning point of the pacific war?
The united states sank four Japanese aircraft carriers durin this battle and established naval superiority in the pacific
What was singificant about the battle of midway?
It was the first major naval battle of the Pacific War that was an overwhelming defeat for the Japanese Navy. The US Navy lost one aircraft carrier but Japan lost four of its' six main fleet carriers. It was also the turning point of the war in the Pacific, Japan was always on the defensive after Midway.
How were most of the battles fought in the pacific?
The Pacific as the name implies is an ocean. Consequently the Pacific Theater was a naval war fought by primarily by surface warships such as destroyers, cruisers and aircraft carriers. US subs sank merchant vessels as well as men of war. Torpedo boats operated in the Southern Pacific regions. Any land battles occurred with US Naval Infantry (US Marines). Exceptions were General MacArthur's command in the Philipines and General Stilwell's campaigns in the CBI theater (China-Burma-India).
What was the turning point for war in Asia?
June 4, at the Battle of Midway Island. U.S. planes destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers. The United States defeated the Japanese navy and established naval superiority in the Pacific.
In what ways did naval power play a different role in the Pacific war than it did in the war in Europe?
The war in Europe was fought on land, in ever-varying terrain, over the four seasons of the year, and against an enemy, who for all their brutality, did fight pretty much in accord of the rules of warfare. The war in the Pacific was fought largely at sea, and otherwise in jungles and steamy little islands, with a whole host of diseases complicating things, and against an enemy that regularly broke the rules of warfare. They were, indeed, two completely different theaters of war.
