Why was the Battle of Midway important in the war in the Pacific?

Answer 1

The United States had suffered continuous set backs since the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. We had lost Wake Island, and Guam early in the war, and finally Corregidor was forced to surrender in May 1942. Only the Doolittle bombing raid on Japan in April 1942 had produced any positive action for Americans and this was largely A token raid to boost American morale, which it did. However Admiral Nimitz, victor at Midway, had also been victorious at the battle of the Coral Sea, and this was also a boost to Americans. The Japanese saw Midway as a strategic location from which to launch future actions in the Pacific and had done much planning and applied a large amount of naval resources to help it capture the island. (As a professional US Marine, I saw Midway in October of 1963 as the troopship I was aboard dropped a Marine, who was suffering from appendicitis, off there for medical help. To me Midway resembled two huge sand dunes with a few buildings on them, and I could only imagine what it was like on June 4-7 1942 when this very significant battle took place.) The US was already making plans to go on the offensive, and for us this battle was significant in that it would enhance the success of these future operations, plus we didn