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"Tora ... Tora ... Tora" is j.a.panese for is j.a.panese for "Tiger ... Tiger... Tiger." "Tiger ... Tiger... Tiger." This was the radio call indicating a fully successful strike on the Hawaiian air and Naval bases. This was the radio call indicating a fully successful strike on the Hawaiian air and Naval bases.

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Midway and the Battles of the Coral Sea, Eastern Solomons, and Santa Cruz Islands were all fought between j.a.panese and American carrier groups in 1942. They were unique in being the first battles where the major opposing forces never actually sighted each other, and the majority of the damage was inflicted by air strikes instead of gun or torpedo fire. In these actions, six j.a.panese and three American flattops were sunk.

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