But, as with other decisive naval battles, commanders’ decisions and luck played large roles in determining the winner and the scope of the victory.ĭuring the first months of the Pacific war, the Japanese war machine had been unstoppable. Victory or defeat depended heavily on the dive bombers, torpedo planes, and fighters that attacked the enemy’s forces. Sixty-five years ago, in early June 1942, the most decisive naval battle of World War II was fought between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S.
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