The Battle of Midway was a very important and pivotal victory for the American Navy.
It was a much needed victory - it was just less than 7 months since the Japanese decimated Pearl Harbor.
The Navy brass put all of what cards they had left on the table in that battle in June 1942.
The Navy brass put all of what cards they had left on the table in that battle in June 1942.
Combinations of strategy- timing- sheer luck and perhaps destiny allowed us to take out 4 aircraft carriers and 4 other ships, nearly 300 planes and almost 5,000 men.
America lost 1 carrier, almost 150 planes and a little more than 300 men in the sea battle.
It changed the Japanese military offense to a defensive mode from then on.
Today- Midway is a wildlife refuge - containing but a dozen human overseers.
America lost 1 carrier, almost 150 planes and a little more than 300 men in the sea battle.
It changed the Japanese military offense to a defensive mode from then on.
Today- Midway is a wildlife refuge - containing but a dozen human overseers.
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