Which battle allowed the U. S. control of the Pacific Ocean and stopped Japanese
expansion west?
A Pearl Harbor
B Guadalcanal
C Britain
D Midway

The correct answer is letter D

Battle of Midway was a clash between June 4 and 7, 1942, in the Midway atoll located in the Pacific Ocean involving Japan and the United States, during World War II. This battle occurred after the attack on Pearl Harbor, which marked the beginning of the war in the Pacific.

The conflict in the Midway Atoll, even if it was short-lived, brought an important result: the victory of the United States, part of the group of the Allies, in a clash of World War II. In all, the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers - fundamental to war actions - and two hundred naval pilots

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