The Japanese carrier fleet rampaged unchecked throughout the Pacific, destroying the U.S. battle line at Pearl Harbor and enabling Japan to seize the Philippines, capture Singapore, and overrun the Dutch East Indies. Since the opening attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had conducted a series of spectacular campaigns and smashing victories that seriously weakened American and Allied naval powers in the Pacific. The Japanese navy successfully attacked and damaged a huge portion of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor. To most people it seemed as if the Japanese navy was indestructible. Then came Midway,a battle in which its weakened American force/group won an Amazing victory that made the Japanese dull advance in the
The Japanese carrier fleet rampaged unchecked throughout the Pacific, destroying the U.S. battle line at Pearl Harbor and enabling Japan to seize the Philippines, capture Singapore, and overrun the Dutch East Indies. Since the opening attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had conducted a series of spectacular campaigns and smashing victories that seriously weakened American and Allied naval powers in the Pacific. The Japanese navy successfully attacked and damaged a huge portion of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor. To most people it seemed as if the Japanese navy was indestructible. Then came Midway,a battle in which its weakened American force/group won an Amazing victory that made the Japanese dull advance in the