After the US Navy's defeat in the First Battle of the North Pacific, the Americans withdrew to the US West Coast to lick their wounds and prepare for another attempt. Having learnt valuable lessons in that battle, they transferred all of their carriers from the Atlantic to the Pacific. American shipyards also turned out new fleet carriers such as the Bunker Hill, the Essex, and the Wasp. Joining them were the repaired Hornet and the obsolescent Ranger, several light carriers and close to a dozen escort carriers, giving the Americans the most powerful carrier fleet in history. Japan's situation on the other hand was precarious as she had only launched one new fleet carrier since the war had broken out, the Taiho, and even that ship wouldn't be ready to fight for another year. The US submari
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| - After the US Navy's defeat in the First Battle of the North Pacific, the Americans withdrew to the US West Coast to lick their wounds and prepare for another attempt. Having learnt valuable lessons in that battle, they transferred all of their carriers from the Atlantic to the Pacific. American shipyards also turned out new fleet carriers such as the Bunker Hill, the Essex, and the Wasp. Joining them were the repaired Hornet and the obsolescent Ranger, several light carriers and close to a dozen escort carriers, giving the Americans the most powerful carrier fleet in history. Japan's situation on the other hand was precarious as she had only launched one new fleet carrier since the war had broken out, the Taiho, and even that ship wouldn't be ready to fight for another year. The US submari
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| - After the US Navy's defeat in the First Battle of the North Pacific, the Americans withdrew to the US West Coast to lick their wounds and prepare for another attempt. Having learnt valuable lessons in that battle, they transferred all of their carriers from the Atlantic to the Pacific. American shipyards also turned out new fleet carriers such as the Bunker Hill, the Essex, and the Wasp. Joining them were the repaired Hornet and the obsolescent Ranger, several light carriers and close to a dozen escort carriers, giving the Americans the most powerful carrier fleet in history. Japan's situation on the other hand was precarious as she had only launched one new fleet carrier since the war had broken out, the Taiho, and even that ship wouldn't be ready to fight for another year. The US submarine war on the Hawaiian Islands was also cutting the vital supply of fuel needed to train the replacement pilots, all of whom were dangerously inexperienced. On top of that, the defeats the Germans had suffered in North Africa meant that the British could being attacking the Japanese empire from the west, while down in Australia the US Army Air Force was becoming an increasingly troublesome enemy. All in all, Japan's limited resources were being stretched thin by early 1943. The Japanese suffered another blow when the Zuikaku was damaged by a submarine attack as she was returning to join the fleet in Hawaii. This left the Japanese task force defending Hawaii with only two fleet carriers.
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