Battle of the Philippine Sea

Admiral Mitscher and the Battle of the Philippine Sea As World War II, came to a close in Europe, the war in the Pacific for the United States against Japan continued to escalate with the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Also known as the Battle of the Marianas, Admiral Marc Mitscher led an entire armada with four air craft carriers. After his rise through the ranks as a naval officer, his accumulation of war and aviation experience gave him the ability to influence United States air power and lead them to tactical, strategic, and operational success in the Battle of the Philippine Sea of June, 1944 against the Japanese commander, Admiral Soemu Toyoda. First, the foundations that led the United States to tactical superiority over Japan were…

Hawaii with the rest of the Pacific Fleet. On February 1942 the Indianapolis participated in raid on Bougainville in Solomon Island In the summer of 1943 the Indianapolis fought off the Western elevation Islands. The Japan had captured portions of what is now Alaska. In both November and December of 1943 the Indianapolis was part of an operation called operation classic.It was a hundred ship task force and it was a secret rate of Gilbert Islands. Through January February and March of 1944 the…

Victories at the Battles of the Coral Sea (4-8 May) and Midway (4-7 June) changed the operational and strategic picture. These continued Japanese aggressive actions led to the development of Operation Pestilence, the campaign for the Solomon Islands targeting the enemy base at Rabaul. Pestilence initiated phase two of the Pacific Ocean Campaign Plan. The seizure and occupation of the Santa Cruz Islands and Tulagi were the objectives of the first major operation within Pestilence. Guadalcanal…

The Battle of Midway is often regarded as the “turning point in the Pacific” as well as the most decisive victory in the history of the United States Navy (USN). The United States had been planning for a war with Japan for years, but when the time came, Japan was second in priority to Germany. The Japanese leadership of Admiral Yamamoto, Commander of Japanese Combined Fleet, and Vice Admiral Nagumo, commanding officer of the carriers, wanted to take charge in the Pacific by putting all of their…

Battle of the Coral Sea was one of the major battles that demonstrated the power and effectiveness of the Japanese military, and the work that U.S. had to put in to make their military better. This battle would make Japan empire expand around the pacific. Before the war has even started each sides of the battle had a plan for what they were going to do. Japan plans was to isolate Australia from the allies, and then invade the port city of Moresby. From this Japan now has the ability to have…

The Island of Midway is located in Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,300 miles from Honolulu, Hawaii. Strategically, the island became a valuable asset to obtain during the Pacific War because of its location, as a half way point from Hawaii to Japan. Increased tensions between Japan and the United States came to a climax December 7, 1941; the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Six months later, the United States engaged the Japanese Imperial fleet in the Battle of Midway. The analysis of the events…

naval base at Pearl Harbor. These lead to Japan surprisingly attacking Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1961. It made United States attack back like no other, after the attack United States wanted blood and did not care about civilians lives they just wanted to destroy the Japanese empire. After the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan had time to make more of a push in the Pacific. Until 1942 in the Battle of the Midway when a U.S. Naval fleet about destroyed a Japanese fleet which was a major turning point…

material culture and technology. One country whose culture we need to understand for possible future engagements is the Philippines. They may become an adversary to the United States in the near future and it is imperative the U.S maintains its…

entered from when they thought their defensive perimeter could keep all attacks harbored out of the land.Not only did this show that there was a way through Japan’s defenses, but it shows that the bombing of pearl harbor isn’t going to keep them back. The United States wanted to strike back as quickly as possible on Japanese homeland for their actions upon our homeland. However, the true significance of the Doolittle raid lies within how it decoyed the Japanese into immediately heading out to…

While the US was at war with Spain, the US had sent troops to occupy the Philippines, because the US wanted the island. The United States showed themselves a greater power over the Spanish and the United states demolished a Spanish fleet in Manila Bay and ended the battle with the Spanish. The Filipino revels wanted to create their own nation and welcomed the US, until they realized that they were not leaving any day soon so they attacked the US. The US took command of the Philippine colony and…