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# A superior naval force was defeated by a lessor force # Battleships were not the main ships - Aircraft carriers were # Both "on-site" leaders (Nagumo for Japan & Spruance/Fletcher for the US) were not avaiators, yet the battle was fought by naval aircraft # The result of the battle stopped Japan's undefeated expansion in the pacific, which was "out of the ordinary" for the era. # That the carrier Yorktown was fitted with an estimated six-months worth or repairs at Pearl Harbor (sustained at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May) in just two days and returned to sea as operational in order to be in the theater of operation for Midway

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