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bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Japan > Central Pacific > Mariana Naval War, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 2 Jun 2025

The Battle of the Philippines Sea was the only major naval combat during the 1944 US Mariana Islands offensive.

The land battle on Saipan was already underway when the Japanese Navy arrived west of Saipan with a large striking force, precipitating the Battle of the Philippine Sea

• Like the Battle of Midway two years earlier, this was an overwhelming American victory.
• Like Midway, the Japanese again lost a third of their aircraft carriers.
• Unlike Midway, the United States lost no ships.
• Aircraft losses on both sides were high.

Battle of the Philippine Sea

Sources for Big Pigeon's Central Pacific > Marianas Naval War webpage:​​

• The Battle of the Philippine Sea map is courtesy of Warfare History Network.

​Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - Central Pacific > Mariana Naval War:

• Taken from the bigpigeon.us WWII Dead module.​

07-03 - Central Pacific > Mariana Naval War: (no area dead)