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For the United States, the most important was the Battle of Midway, fought from June 4-7, 1942. It was a decisive victory which stopped the Japanese Navy's offensive in the Pacific and brought about near parity between the Japanese and U.S. fleets.
Also the 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf was the largest naval battle in history took place between Japan & the US.
The Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942, during which the Imperial Japanese Navy lost FOUR aircraft carriers to American dive bombers. It was the turning point of the war; the Japanese were on the defensive for the remainder of the war.
Eerily, Admiral Yamamoto had predicted this result almost perfectly; before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto had predicted that if Japan were to attack the United States, the Japanese would have overhwelming success - for six months. After that, American industrial power would swing the advantage to the USA. December 7, 1941 to June 4, 1942; Yamamoto was off by three days.
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