WWII Naval Battles with 100- correct answers (latest update).

WWII Naval Battles with 100%
correct answers (latest update)
Tarawa - answer - Gilbert Islands
- Higgins boats got stuck in reefs
- Tanks got stuck in mud


Coral Sea - answer - FIRST BATTLE WHERE SHIPS DID NOT SEE EACH
OTHER
- Japan wanted to secure New Guinea
- US lost carrier Lexington and Yorktown was damaged
- Strategic victory for US because Japanese wouldn't expand further
(prevent invasion of Australia)
- Japanese lose 1 carrier, 2 damaged
- Japanese give up assault on Port Moresby


Guadalcanal - answer - US SHIFT FROM DEFENSE TO OFFENSE
- Operation WATCHTOWER, Solomon Islands, Marines capture
Henderson Field, Bloody Ridge (huge Japanese loss)
- Not single undamaged US carrier left in the Pacific


Midway - answer - TURNING POINT IN THE WAR
- Japanese wanted to destroy the rest of US Pacific Fleet and lure
them out
- Japanese achieved huge victory before US industrial production
could ramp up
- US wanted to surprise Japanese and defend the airfield at Midway
- US break Japanese code
- Japanese plan fails because complicated