Battle of Santa Cruz Gaby Balderrama “Losing the battle, winning the war..”

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Battle of Santa Cruz Gaby Balderrama “Losing the battle, winning the war..”

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Battle of Santa Cruz

Gaby Balderrama

“Losing the battle,

winning the war..”

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Background information

● October 26th, 1942● 2 months after a severe baptism of fire near Guadalcanal, the USS

Enterprise(CV-6) “The big E” is again at sea for a showdown with the Japanese fleet.

● 8:30AM: Charles Irvine, Stockton Strong are flying carriers to the Santa Cruz Islands.

● Commander has told them to ATTACK!

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Important people

Allies

● Vice Admiral William "Bull" Halsey

● Rear Admiral Thomas Kinkaid

Japanese

● Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

● Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo

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Carriers and BattleshipsJapanese

● 4 carriers, 4 battleships, 10 cruisers, & 22 destroyers

Allies● 2 carriers, 1 battleship, 6 cruisers, &

14 destroyers

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About the war● With the Battle of Guadalcanal raging, Allied and Japanese naval forces clashed repeatedly in the waters

around the Solomon Island.● The opposing forces passed with a brief aerial melee ensuing. Arriving over Nagumo's carriers, the first

American dive bombers concentrated their attack on Shokaku, striking the ship with three to six bombs and inflicting heavy damage.

● Video on the war: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNjo815hhSo

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Facts

● The Battle of Santa Cruz was fought October 25-27, 1942, during World War II (1939-1945).

● Although historians have frequently chronicled the course of the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, some

aspects of the 1942 carrier fight have remained poorly understood or virtually unknown.

● In Japanese sources the battle is referred to as the Battle of the South Pacific.

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Maps...

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Bibliographyhttp://www.history.com/interactives/inside-wwii-interactive

http://www.usni.org/magazines/navalhistory/2011-10/solving-mysteries-santa-cruz#http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands