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	Battle of the Philippine Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Philippine Sea was an air-sea battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy on 19 and June 20, 1944, off the Mariana Islands.
		Losses from the Battle of Midway had been largely replaced in terms of numbers of carriers, and since the US was attacking Japanese-held islands on their "island hopping campaign", the lack of planes themselves could be addressed with the addition of strong land-based forces.
		In the Battle of Leyte Gulf a few months later, their carriers were used solely as a decoy due to the lack of aircraft, and aircrews to fly them.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea (2279 words)

	ipedia.com: Philippine Sea Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Philippine Sea is a part of the western Pacific Ocean bordered by the Philippines and Taiwan to the west, Japan to the north, the Marianas to the east and Palau to the south.
		The Philippine Plate forms the floor of this sea and it subducts under the Eurasian Plate which formed the Philippine archipelago.
		In 1944, it was the site of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, a World War II naval battle between Japan and the United States.
	www.ipedia.com /philippine_sea.html (158 words)

	World War II
		Then followed the Battle of Britain (Aug--Sep 1940) during which the Luftwaffe, German air force, engaged the greatly outnumbered Royal Air Force, augmented as it was by Polish pilots.
		That the RAF had not been depleted by a costly reinforcement of France was largely due to Hugh Dowding, the commander-in-chief of Fighter Command, who had insisted on the retention of his force at home.
		The success of U-boat operations in the Battle of the Atlantic was sustained until April 1943, when improvements in both airborne radar and maritime aircraft ranges helped the RAF Coastal Command, under William Sholto Douglas, to begin reversing the odds.
	www.artzia.com /History/Wars/WWII (2520 words)

	Building the Battleship Musashi
		As part of this upgrade, the beam 6.1 inch turrets were removed.
		Once repaired, Musashi re-joined the fleet and was a participant in the Battle of Philippine Sea in June, 1944.
		On the 22nd, she sortied to intercept the American fleet at Leyte Gulf via the Sibuyan Sea.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/ijn/bb/700-musashi-mq/musashi.htm (2087 words)

	Allied Carriers of the Pacific War - Illustrations
		V-16, Essex Class) Mitscher's flagship at Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf - (38.9k)
		John Keegan "The Price of Admiralty / Battle at Sea" (Pimlico, London 1988)
		Eric Grove / Martin Stephen "Sea Battles in Close-Up - World War Two" (Ian Allan, 1998)
	www.odyssey.dircon.co.uk /allpaccarriers.htm (570 words)

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