Although both sides were winners in certain respects, it was a draw in the end which was a bad thing for Japan. The Japanese army had a tactical victory through the numbers of US troops defeated and ships sunk, the US had a strategic victory because Japan could not prepare for the following battles because of the losses suffered in this one.
Egyptians main food source came came crops along the Nile, whenever the Nile would drought or overflow those crops would be unable to grow, therefore causing hunger.
