WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
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Why is the Battle of Midway important?
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Japan’s defeat meant that they could not expand farther in the Pacific
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Japan’s victory at the battle of Midway, allowed for the eventual attack on Pearl Harbor
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The Japanese attacked and destroyed the remaining US aircraft carriers
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During the battle of Midway the first ever atomic bomb was used against the Japanese
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Midway turned the tide of the war. Japanese and American naval powers were roughly equalized. The war ended three years later, and today the battle is memorialized by such monuments as Chicago Midway International Airport and the Battle of Midway National Memorial.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Imperial Japanese Navy would not be capable of overcoming the loss of four carriers and over 100 trained pilots, and with the loss at Midway, the Japanese offensive in the Pacific was overturned and the United States began offensive action in the Pacific.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the Battle of Midway end Japan’s Pacific expansion? Japan’s navy was destroyed.
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