Реферат: BATTLE AT MIDWAY Essay Research Paper Battle
Makigumotorpedoed the Hiryu at about 0510, but didn’t sink until 0900. The U. S. lost
only one ship, the USS Yorktown (carrier). On June 7 while being towed back to Pearal
Harbor a Japanese submarine sunk it at about 0458. The U.S. had won the Battle at
Midway and controled the Pacicfic. The Japanese Navy had lost 2 of their 4 aircraft
carriers and were on their way into total defeat. (Note: On June 18,1942 the USS
Ballard saved 35 surviving crew members of the Hiryu.)
The Battle at Midway
(June 4-6 1942)
By,
Kelly Humphries
Hour 4
1. World at War: Battle at Midway, G.C. Skipper,Chicago Childerns Press, 1980
Used the whole book
2. Miracle at Midway, Gordon W. Prange with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V.
Dillon, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1982, pages 437-445 Chronolgy.