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Battle of Santa Cruz
Gaby Balderrama
“Losing the battle,
winning the war..”
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!
Important people
Allies
● Vice Admiral William "Bull" Halsey
● Rear Admiral Thomas Kinkaid
Japanese
● Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
● Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo
Carriers and BattleshipsJapanese
● 4 carriers, 4 battleships, 10 cruisers, & 22 destroyers
Allies● 2 carriers, 1 battleship, 6 cruisers, &
14 destroyers
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
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.
Maps...
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