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Japan [r]: East Asian country of about 3,000 islands; one of the world's largest economies; population about 125,000,000. ^[e]
Second World War in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. ^[e]

Battle of Pearl Harbor [r]: Add brief definition or description
Battle of the Java Sea [r]: A devastating Imperial Japanese Navy victory over an ad hoc Allied force, 27-28 February 1942, fought by cruisers and destroyers, ending Allied naval resistance in what the Japanese termed the Southern Resource Area by 1 March ^[e]
Battle of the Coral Sea [r]: Fought in May 1942, the first battle between naval forces built around aircraft carriers, in which the opposing United States and Japanese ships never saw one another; it was a tactical Japanese defeat and strategic U.S. victory ^[e]
Battle of Midway [r]: Generally considered to be the turning point of the Pacific Theater in the Second World War, a Japanese force intending to capture Midway Island was turned back with the loss of four aircraft carriers, at the cost of one U.S. carrier; it was the last major Japanese offensive of the war ^[e]
Battle of the Eastern Solomons [r]: Fought in August 1942 between U.S. and Japanese forces, and the second of the five World War II battles fought between carrier units; U.S. lost more ships, Japanese lost more aircraft, and Japanese reinforcement of Guadalcanal was prevented while U.S. Marines fought off a determined ground attack on the airfield ^[e]
Battle of the Phillipine Sea [r]: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Leyte Gulf [r]: The largest naval battle in history, fought in October 1944 as Japan tried to interfere with U.S. amphibious landings in the Philippines ^[e]

Heihachiro Togo [r]: Add brief definition or description
Isoroku Yamamoto [r]: Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy, Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet; planned the attack on Pearl Harbor although opposed to war with the United States; shot down and killed March 1943 ^[e]
Jisaburo Ozawa [r]: Vice admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, respected by both sides for getting the best possible results in extremely adverse situations ^[e]
Soemu Toyoda [r]: Admiral, Imperial Japanese Navy; Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet, May 1944 to the Japanese surrender ^[e]