What is Battle of the Philippine Sea?
{{Infobox Military Conflict |partof=[[World War II]], Pacific War |conflict= Battle of the Philippine Sea | image=Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku and two destroyers under attack on 20 June 1944 (80-G-238025).jpg | caption=The carrier [[Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku|''Zuikaku'']] (center) and two destroyers under attack by [[U.S. Navy]] carrier aircraft, June 20, 1944 | date=June 19–20, 1944 | place=The [[Philippine Sea]] | result=Decisive American victory | combatant1={{flagicon|USA|1912|}} [[United States Navy]] [[United States Fifth Fleet|Fifth Fleet]] | combatant2={{flagicon|Japan|naval|}} [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] [[Combined Fleet]] | commander1={{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Raymond A. Spruance]] | commander2={{flagicon|Empire of Japan|naval}} [[Jisaburō Ozawa]]<br />{{flagicon|Empire of Japan|naval}} [[Kakuji Kakuta]] | strength1=7 fleet carriers, <br />8 light carriers, <br />7 battleships, <br />79 other ships, <br />28 submarines, <br />956 planes | strength2=5 fleet carriers, <br />4 light carriers, <br />5 battleships, <br />43 other ships, <br />450 carrier-based planes, <br />300 land-based planes | casualties1=123 planes destroyed (about 80 of whose crews survived) | casualties2=3 fleet carriers sunk, <br />2 oilers sunk, <br />about 600 planes destroyed, <br />6 other ships heavily damaged |}} The '''Battle of the Philippine Sea''' was an important [[navy|naval]] [[battle]] of the [[Second World War]] between the navies of the [[United States]] and [[Japan]]. This battle took place on June 19 and 20, 1944 near the [[Mariana Islands]], and involved two big naval forces and many Japanese [[aircraft]] from [[Military base|bases]] on [[land]]. The battle was a great defeat for the Japanese Navy, which lost three [[aircraft carrier]]s and some 600 aircraft in two days of combat. This happened because the Japanese [[airplane]]s were getting old and their pilots had little [[training]], compared to the more modern and better trained American forces. After the battle, the Japanese Navy was almost