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The Japanese Guadalcanal invasion fleet engages Task Force 61 spearheaded by the Enterprise and Hornet. For the American forces it is a defensive battle as wave after wave of Japanese planes bombard the American carriers and eventually destroy the Hornet. But the attack decimates Japan's dwindling core of experienced pilots and two American dive bombers manage to find and destroy a Japanese aircraft carrier.

American forces go on the offensive and take Guadalcanal from the Japanese. But the Japanese want it back and fight fiercely to get it.

The USS Enterprise participates in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the most crushing American naval aerial victory of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

An account of the Battle of the Coral Sea.

Retired Navy pilot Kevin Miller, author of "The Silver Waterfall", a novel about the Battle of Midway, discusses the lesser know details of the Battle of Midway.

An account of the Battle of the Philipine Sea with an animated battle map.

Naval warfare evolved from battleships to submarines, then aircraft carriers. Pivotal battles in the Atlantic and Pacific hinged on megaship production.

A documentary look at the WWII battle of midway. The events leading up to the battle, the national and war leaders involved, and the critical events that lead to the outcome.