The Battle of Midway, fought on July 4-7, 1942 over and near the tiny U.S. base at Midway Atoll- the westernmost inhabited member of the Hawaiian Island chain- is considered my many to have been the turning point of World War II. Before the battle, the Japanese had naval superiority over the United States. After Midway, the two fleets were equals, and soon the US took the offensive.
Japanese Combined Fleet commander, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto wanted to provide a diversion in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands drawing out and destroying the U.S. Pacific Fleet's aircraft carrier striking forces, quickly knock down Midway's defenses, follow up with an invasion of the atoll's two small islands and establish a Japanese air base there. While th
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