USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Midway, (June 3–6, 1942), World War II naval battle, fought almost entirely with aircraft, in which the United States destroyed Japan’s first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although the Battle of the Coral Sea in May was considered a victory by both opposing sides, the Americans and the Australians were able to – for the first time in the war – halt and push back the Japanese’s rapid offensive strategy.

Detailed explanation-3: -At the Battle of Midway, Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2, 500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties.

Detailed explanation-4: -In June 1942, US and Japanese naval forces engaged in a five-day battle in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that changed the course of the war in the Pacific. Top Image: Last minutes on damaged USS Yorktown (CV-5).

Detailed explanation-5: -The U.S. Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chūichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondō north of Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet.