BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA

13—21 JUNE 1944 11 JUNE 1944 Task Force 58 begins bombardment of the Marianas. 15 JUNE 1944 US marines land on Saipan. 18 JUNE 1944 US 7th Corps reach west coast of France at Barneville, cutting off the Cotentin Peninsula. 20 JUNE 1944 Vyborg recaptured by the Red Army in the campaign against Finland. 26 JUNE 1944 launch of Operation “Epsom” in Normandy in unsuccessful attempt to outflank Caen. Once it became clear that the United States was about to attack the Marianas, the Japanese navy launched Operation “A-Go”, a further attempt to bring a large part of the US Pacific Fleet to battle and at the same time prevent the fall of Saipan and Guam. Two large Japanese task forces, Vice Admiral Ozawa’s 1st Mobile Fleet and Vice Admiral…

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