japanese red blood cells of the maritime empire, her merchant fleet, especially the heavy movers, the oilers. economy reliedc on that. they cut the main see lines of the southern east indies, brunei, all of that. there's a reason that korea stops at brunei. that is where they were. after allied air power had gained the ability to dominate the skies, at least temporarily, what you: the navy eight temporary -- what we call in the navy a temporary command of the sea, they do this prior to the invasion of the philippines and they wiped out what will -- little naval aviation the japanese have left for most of the philippines in punishing battles. after allied forces had defeated and liberated many of the post-december 1941 construct, after allied forces landed on , saipan,panese soil iwo jima, and okinawa. after other airpower made them bounce and burn, after they bombs, two atomic after the ussr had declared war on japan. as the soviet mechanized armies overran muncher area against the once -- manchuria after the once-font it japanese -- once army, afterpanese the japanese army failed to destroy