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Tillman, Barrett (2006), Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II, Penguin Group, ISBN 978-0-451-21956-5; Willmott, H. P. (1984), June 1944, New York: Blandford Press, ISBN 0-7137-1446-8; Wolborsky, Stephen L. (1994). Choke Hold: The Attack on Japanese Oil in World War II (PDF) (Thesis). Maxwell AFB ...
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With the impending invasion of the Marianas Islands, Admiral Mineichi Koga, on March 8, [3] sponsored Operation Z, as a defense against the American attack. This plan was approved by the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, with a formal title of Combined Fleet Secret Operations Order No. 73.
In the resulting aircraft carrier Battle of the Philippine Sea (the so-called "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot") on 19–20 June, the Japanese naval forces were decisively defeated with heavy and irreplaceable losses to their carrier-borne and land-based aircraft. U.S. forces executed landings on Saipan in June 1944 and Guam and Tinian in July 1944 ...
The resulting battle became known as the "Marianas Turkey Shoot," and was the opening day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea. 19 and 22 June 1944: Casualties from friendly fire occurred on two occasions. On the 19th one crewman was killed after a squadron PBM returning from patrol was fired on by F6F Hellcats. On the 22nd, Lieutenant Harry R ...
On her maiden patrol Cavalla, en route to her station in the eastern Philippines, made contact with a large Japanese task force on 17 June. Cavalla tracked the force for several hours, relaying information which contributed to the United States victory in the Battle of the Philippine Sea (commonly known as the "Marianas Turkey Shoot") on 19–20 June 1944.
Mitsubishi A6M Zeke destroyed (Saipan, Mariana Islands) 13 Jun 1944: 1: Nakajima Ki-49 Helen destroyed (Saipan, Mariana Islands) 19 Jun 1944: 5: Yokosuka D4Y Judys destroyed (1st sortie, Marianas Turkey Shoot, Philippine Sea) 19 Jun 1944: 2: Mitsubishi A6M Zekes destroyed (2nd sortie, Guam, Mariana Islands) 23 Jun 1944: 1 1 ⁄ 2
"The Marianas and the Great Turkey Shoot". World War II Database. Archived from the original on 12 Jul 2022. "Frank J. Davis World War II Photographs". SMU Libraries. Southern Methodist University. 2019. Contains 18 images depicting the surrender of the "hold-out" Japanese forces under the command of Captain Oba in December 1945. Moore, David ...