Machine generated contents note: i. The Political Situation in 1930s Japan -- Manchuria -- ii. Palau -- iii. Truk -- i. USA -- ii. Japan -- iii. US Preparations -- iv. The US Pacific Fleet Moves to ...
By 1945, the class had become the backbone of the Fast Carrier Task Force—the most potent naval striking arm of the war. The ships and their air groups absorbed losses, rotated squadrons, and simply ...