Battle of Midway begins – HISTORY

On June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway, one of the most decisive American victories against Japan during the Second World War, began. During the four-day sea and air battle, the overwhelmed U.S. Pacific fleet managed to destroy four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy.

In six months of offensives before Midway, the Japanese had triumphed in the Pacific lands, notably in Malaysia, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines and many groups of islands. The United States, however, was a growing threat, and Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto sought to destroy the U.S. Pacific fleet before it was large enough to surpass its own.

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