Which of the following losses changed the japanese plan to continue advancing and taking islands in the pacific? japan’s loss of aircraft carriers in the battle of midway. japan’s loss of its naval base on the island of midway. japan’s loss of its airfield on guadalcanal. japan’s loss of ships and planes in the coral sea.

Japan's loss of aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway changed the Japanese plan to continue advancing and taking islands in the Pacific.

In the Battle of Midway, the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser and some 240 aircraft, which greatly weakened the Imperial Japanese Navy. Strategically, the outcome of the battle meant that the Imperial Navy lost the initiative in the Pacific, which ultimately passed to the Americans. The attack on Midway - like that of Pearl Harbor - was not part of a plan to conquer the United States, but rather aimed at eliminating US Pacific naval forces and avoiding intervention in the Japanese campaign in East and Southeast Asia.

The losses that changed the Japanese plan to continue enhancing and occupying islands in the Pacific are Japan's loss of aircraft carriers in the Battle of Midway. The Battle of Midway was pivotal naval combat that happened between 4 – 7 June 1942 in the Pacific Theater of World War II.  

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Japan's capacity to compensate for material losses (mainly aircraft carriers) and people (particularly well-trained pilots and maintenance crews) quickly turned to be inadequate to manage with increasing casualties after Midway and the grueling resistance of the Solomon Islands campaign, while the United States’ large industries and exercise competency made losses much easier to replace. The Battle of Midway, together with the Guadalcanal campaign, is commonly considered a turning point in the Pacific War.

Some writers have stated that heavy losses on the aircraft carriers and veteran aircraft crew at Midway permanently deteriorated the Imperial Japanese Navy. The heavy losses in the crew of veteran aircraft (110, just below 25% of crew members departing from four aircraft carriers) did not cripple into the overall Japanese naval air force. It was because when the Pacific war started, The Japanese Navy had 2,000 carrier-qualified crew members of aircraft. This fact was stated by  

Parshall and Tully.  

The loss of four large aircraft carriers and more than 40% of highly trained aircraft technicians and mechanics, plus important flight armorers and crews, and the loss of organizational knowledge contained in the highly trained crew were still heavy setback to the Japanese aircraft carrier fleet.

A few months after the Midway, the JNAF maintained similar casualties in the Battle of Eastern Solomon and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, and these battles, merged with the constant friction of veterans during the Solomon campaign, were the catalyst for a sharp downward spiral in operational competence.

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•Which of the following losses changed the Japanese plan to continue advancing and taking islands in the Pacific?

KEYWORDS: Pacific War, Battle of Midway

Subject  : History

Class  : 10-12

Sub-Chapter: Pacific War

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