The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot - The Battle of the Philippine Sea - Part 1 June 19th

The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot - The Battle of the Philippine Sea - Part 1 June 19th
With Seth Paridon
Part of our on-going Pacific series on WW2TV
   • The Pacific  
More WW2TV content about The Philippines
   • Philippines Week  
Also part of our 80th Anniversary Series
   • 80th Anniversary Special  

The Battle of the Philippine Sea, often referred to as "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot" was fought on 19–20 June 1944 and effectively eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious invasion of the Mariana Islands. The battle was the last of five major "carrier-versus-carrier" engagements between American and Japanese naval forces, and pitted elements of the United States Navy's Fifth Fleet against ships and aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Mobile Fleet and nearby island garrisons. This was the largest carrier-to-carrier battle in history, involving 24 aircraft carriers, deploying roughly 1,350 carrier-based aircraft.

We covered the 4 raids of the 19th in this show. Part 2 is now scheduled https://youtube.com/live/fwsrUBY25gE

Seth Paridon is a World War II historian with over 20 years experience who's many roles also was serving as a chief historian for The National WWII Museum for 15 years
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