Battle of
Midway
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Date
The battle started on the 4th of
June 1942 and ended on 7th of
June 1942.
Approximately
one month after
the battle of the
coral sea and six
months after Japan’s
attack on Pearl Harbor.
Location
Near Midway Atoll
28 12’N 177 21’W
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in the pacific ocean
Why It Was Important To The
War
The United States had suffered since the
bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese aimed to control Midway as
a position from which its air force could
launch further attacks on
Hawaii. The victory proved
that Allied naval forces
might could overcome
Japan's. ---This was the
turning point of the war
in the pacific.---
America
1 Carrier Sunk
1 Destroyer Sunk
150 Aircraft
Destroyed
307 People Killed
Japan
4 Carriers Sunk
1 Cruiser Sunk
248 Carrier Aircraft
Destroyed
2,013 People
Killed
Important
Facts
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It was The Battle That Turned the Tide of the Pacific War
It was a naval and aircraft battle of World War II
Land and carrier-based American planes decisively defeated a Japanese fleet
on its way to invade the Midway Islands
American commanders; Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Flecher, Raymond A.
Spruance.
Japanese commanders ; Yamaoto Isoroku, Kondo Nobutake, Nagumo Chichi.
Admiral Nimitz had broken the Japanese code so we knew when and were the
Japanese would come yet they did not know we knew.
Thus, after they bombed the island, when their planes were sitting on their
decks being refueled and reloaded, US planes found them and attacked.
It ended Japan's power over the U.S. The balance of sea power in the Pacific
shifted from the Japan to equity between America and Japan, and soon after
the U.S. and their allies took sole control of the waters in the mid Pacific.
It was the closest the Japanese ever get to the USA in the pacific
Who Won
American victory
June 7th 1942
The End
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