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was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia
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is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II.
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and Imperial Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands during World War II.
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is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.
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was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan.
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was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II