Battle of Midway

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Approximately 3,500 men from both sides.

The Japamses Imperial Navy had belived that the US. Fleet would attack the empire from the southeast, toward the triangle connecting Port Moresby, Tulagi, and Rabaul. If the Japenese would be able to launch regualr air seachers in the South Coral Sea, they would have suitable time to hinder any Allied nanal approach.

None. It was a naval battle.

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The war went against Japan and allowed America to begin taking the offensive.

Guadalcanal and the rest of the Pacific. The American campaign for the domination of the Pacific can be described as an "island hopping" campaign. The Americans took over multiple islands, taking over an airfield on Gudalcanal, that could be used a airport for their B-17 heavy bombers to attack mainland Japan.

Fleet Admiral Yamamoto was trailing his carriers by several hundred miles from his flagship, the battleship "Yamato", along with five battleships and other warships. We know that one IJN cruiser, the Mogami was sunk at Midway. We know that Admiral Fletcher transferred his flag to a cruiser when Yorktown was abandoned, and later sunk by an I-Boat.

See website: Battle of Midway The Enterprise, Hornet, Yorktown and Lexington.

Four IJN and one USN.

The IJN lost it's edge in naval aerial combat.

The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle, widely regarded as the most important of the Pacific Campaign of World War II. It took place from 4 June to 7 June 1942, approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and exactly six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

History's FIRST "decisive" sea battle between two aircraft carrier fleets. Previously, decisive sea battles had been fought by surface gunnery between battleships, cruisers, or destroyers...shooting at each other.

A chain of twisted fates and some advanced knowledge of Japanese battle plans. 1. The US breaks the Japanese naval code thus giving them knowledge of Japanese plans and intentions. This allows Admiral Nimitz to position his ships to best defend Midway. 2. The Japanese Fleet dispatches a Japanese Destroyer to locate and chase down a suspected US Submarine; The fleet continues on it's mission. The lone Destroyer hunts for the US Submarine, can't locate it; then plays catch-up trying to get back to the main body (the fleet). 3. Disorientated (nearly lost) & almost out of fuel US Navy attack planes luckily see the wake of the sub chasing Japanese Destroyer trying to catch up to it's main body. Since the US Planes couldn't locate the Japanese Fleet; this destroyer will lead them right to it. 4. At the very same time all of this is going on, Japanese SEARCH planes (Reconnaissance Aircraft) have all reported "Negative SITREPS" (Situation Reports) on enemy (US) aircraft carriers. All but one. Unknown to all involved, the reconnaissance airplane that COUNTS is having radio problems. 5. Since all but one recon plane has reported negative sightings on US Carriers, and the Midway Attack Force is requesting a second (or third) air strike, the fleet commander must either arm the attack airplanes with bombs for the strike or wait on the missing scout planes report; if there's a US Carrier out there, torpedoes must be installed on the aircraft to "take out" the US Carrier. 6. In the midst of the re-arming of the aircraft on the flight decks for BOMBS, the missing scout plane finally sends in it's report: US CARRIER SIGHTED. 7. Now bombs must be removed from the planes and torpedoes installed. 8. During this frantic un-arming of bombs and re-arming with torpedoes, those "lost and nearly out of fuel" US Dive Bombers and Torpedo planes show up. The torpedo planes attack seperately and the Japanese fighters decimate the US torpedo squadrons. However, the fighter cover is drawn down to wave top altitude, so the US dive bombers plunge down unmolested and take out three of the four large Japanese carriers. Nothing explodes a carriers flight deck like tons of bombs, torpedoes, and airplane fuel when attacked by dive bombers!

USS Yorktown (CV-5); Battle of Midway 1942: 38 SBD Dauntless Dive Bombers 13 TBD Devastator Torpedo Bombers 20 F4F Wildcat Fighters

United States- US naval battleships: gunship shells; aircraft carriers: airplanes; grenades

Japan- aircraft carriers: airplanes; grenades

that's all i know now

-slim

The USN.

For the US in the War in the Pacific

The objective of the Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway was two-fold. The first objective was to lure the American carriers out and destroy them. This would have given the Japanese Navy total superiority in the Pacific. The second objective, was to land an invasion force at Midway and take the atoll (the "island" of Midway). This would have provide Japan with an easternmost base capable of launching land based bombers to Hawaii.

Tank crewman, infantrymen, sailors, artillerymen, etc. can be trained in 8 to 16 weeks. It takes years to train top notch military pilots. The Battle of Midway took away the "cream of the crop" of their combat pilots and air crewmen (fighter pilots, dive bomber pilots and rear gunners, torpedo bomber pilots and gunners and torpedomen). Japan should have trained more pilots than it did. But apparently, Japan did not think that they would lose so many pilots during the war. From Midway afterwards, for the most part, inexperienced (naval) pilots would be fighting against the US and it's allies.

One of the most significant results of the Battle of Midway was the decisive victory for the United States, which halted the Japanese expansion in the Pacific. It marked a turning point in the war as it weakened Japan's naval power and provided a momentum shift in favor of the Allies. Additionally, the battle boosted American morale and boosted their confidence in their ability to defeat the Japanese.

The battle of Midway Island was the first big success for the US over the Japanese. Not only because of the major damage inflicted on the Japanese naval forces, both air and sea, but as a moral booster to the US forces. It also served the purpose of slowing down the Japanese advancement through the pacific, allowing the US forces to resupply and increase their presence in the Pacific theatre. Due to the recent destruction of most of the US 7th fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Imperial Navy had an overwhelming advantage over the US Navy. Midway was a turning point because the Japanese navy lost 4 aircraft carriers together with hundreds of planes and pilots and thousands of sailors. Naval power was no longer in the form of the battleship like in WWI. The real power was in the aircraft carrier, which could attack other ships and ground targets by air. Japan never replaced the power of those 4 carriers and was never able to be the attacking power it had been at Pearl Harbor. This allowed the US to take the offensive in the Pacific war and push Japan back.

None. It was a naval battle.

None, it was a sea battle.

The U.S. had a contingent of Marines on Midway Island for antiaircraft and anti-amphibious defense, and to also add to the air support.

Midway Islands