Battle Of The Philippine Sea

	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

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