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BATTLE AT MIDWAY Essay, Research Paper

Battle at Midway

( June 4-6 1942 )

I know that the Battle at Midway was a important battle in World War II. It was

about who controlled the Pacific and if the Japanese could truly be defeated. I want to

know what planes were used, how the Japanese were defeated, in detail not just say that

they were caught off guard. The sources that I’ve already looked at are: Victory at Sea

(video), V is for Victory (video), conversation between Father and Grandfather. I plan to

use the following resources: World at War: Battle at Midway (book) , Miracle at

Midway(book), and the 1997 World Book Encyclopedia.

The Battle at Midway occured when Japan sent a large fleet of ships to capture

Midway Island. Midway Island is at the western tip of the Hawaiian chain. The United

States managed to break the Japanese Naval code. When the U. S. intercepted a

transmission made by the Japanese it said that they were going to attack AF. The U.S. had

three targets in mind Coney Island, Midway Island, or Hawaii. They were pretty sure it

was not Coney Island, but the U. S. was expecting an attack on Oahu. So, they had the

commander at Midway send a open message saying that they were out of water. Two days

later the U.S. intercepted a Japanese message headed for Tokyo saying “AF is out of

water”. The commander of the Japanese fleet, Vice Admiral Nagumo, didn’t know that the

American fleet were on their way to Midway too. The American fleet was headed by Rear

Admiral Raymond Spruance. This fleet consisted of the: USS Enterprise (carrier), USS

Hornet (carrier), six cruisers, and eleven destroyers. Two days after Admiral Spruance set

sail, Rear Admiral F.J. Fletcher left with two more cruisers and six destroyers. This set the

stage for one of the most important battles in World War II. Nagumo kept thinking along

the lines of , we’re gonna hit them with every thing we’ve got and they’ll never know what

hit them.

When the Japanese fleet neared its target, word had spread quickly that the attack

was about to begin. There was a sudden roar of noise as Zero’s and dive-bombers rolled

into position for take off on the deck of the Japanese carrier. When the signal was given

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