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  conflict Battle of the Philippine Sea
  Caption The carrier ''Zuikaku'' (center) and two destroyers under attack by US Navy carrier aircraft, 20 June 1944
  Date 19 &ndash 20 June 1944
  Place The Philippine Sea
  Result Decisive American victory
  Combatant1 United States
  Combatant2 Japan
  Commander1 Raymond A Spruance
  Commander2 Jisaburo Ozawa
  Strength1 7 heavy carriers, <br/>8 light carriers, <br/>7 battleships, <br/>79 other ships, <br/>28 submarines, <br/>956 planes
  Strength2 6 heavy carriers, <br/>3 light carriers, <br/>5 battleships, <br/>43 other ships, <br/>450 carrier-based planes, <br/>300 land-based planes
  Casualties1 123 planes destroyed (about 80 of whose crews survived)
  Casualties2 3 carriers sunk, <br/>2 oilers sunk, <br/>about 600 planes destroyed, <br/>6 ships heavily damaged