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Philippine Sea Battle June 19-20, 1944

Philippine Sea Battle June 19-20, 1944. Kaitlyn O’Toole and Elexa Sherman. DESCRIPTION. Ozawa and Admiral Koga Mineichi led Japanese attack on the United States

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Philippine Sea Battle June 19-20, 1944

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  1. Philippine Sea Battle June 19-20, 1944 Kaitlyn O’Toole and Elexa Sherman

  2. DESCRIPTION • Ozawa and Admiral Koga Mineichi led Japanese attack on the United States • Admiral Raymond Spruance was brought in for U.S to keep sea protection by setting up forces 180 degrees west of Tinian to wait for Japanese to come to them. • American submarine Cavalla spotted Japanese 780 miles west of Saipan • The American planes intercepted the Japanese between 45 and 60 miles from the American fleet which led to a strong start and they won the battle. • Japanese were also inexperienced pilots and had poor planes which contributed to United States victory

  3. Earlier Events • In mid June United States planned to take over parts of Marianas (Saipan and Guam) • Japanese had a larger army with 71,000 troops in their northern force and 56,000 in their southern force • Admiral Toyoda was the Japanese leader that planned to set up 1,700 planes along the Singapore shoreline to attack the United States • Douglas MacArthur was U.S leader that used navy to gain air control over Japanese in Saipan and Tinian • 500 Jananese planes were destroyed so more ships ordered to support their 2nd leader Ozawa for the 2nd attack

  4. Goals and Objectives United States: get close to Japan then launch massive air attacks and then invade Japanese: retaliation for when the United States attacked them

  5. Impacts • Japanese: In the first Japanese strike, 42 out of 69 plans were lost. In 2nd strike, 30 out of 128 planes returned. • The Shokaku submarine was sunk by the USS Cavalla. Many of their navy was not fully trained. • United States: navy wasn’t trained to get the carriers back in the dark so 80 planes either crashed or went over the side. A massive rescue operation was sent out and only 16 out of 33 pilots remained missing.

  6. Interesting Facts • Much larger than the Battle of the Midway and Battle of Coral Sea combined • 5th and last major carrier vs. carrier battle of the Pacific War • Battle was nicknamed ‘Great Marianas Turkey Shoot’

  7. Quiz Questions • What was one reason Japan lost this battle? • What triggered this battle?

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