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  2. Midway (1976 film) - Wikipedia

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    Japanese carrier hit by US bombs (for this scene, Midway editors used stock footage from the Japanese movie Storm Over the Pacific (太平洋の嵐 Taiheiyo no arashi), 1960). Many of the action sequences used footage from earlier films: most sequences of the Japanese air raids on Midway are stock shots from 20th Century Fox's Tora! Tora! Tora!

  3. Battle of Midway - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Midway also caused the plan of Japan and Nazi Germany to meet up in the Indian subcontinent to be abandoned. [197] The Battle of Midway redefined the central importance of air superiority for the remainder of the war when the Japanese suddenly lost their four main aircraft carriers and were forced to return home. Without any form ...

  4. Richard Halsey Best - Wikipedia

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    Enterprise (CV-6), during the "Air Battle of Midway," against enemy Japanese forces on 4 - 6 June 1942. Defying extreme danger from concentrated anti-aircraft barrage and powerful fighter opposition, Lieutenant Commander Best, with bold determination and courageous zeal, led his squadron in dive-bombing assaults against Japanese naval units.

  5. Midway (2019 film) - Wikipedia

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    Midway is a 2019 war film directed by Roland Emmerich, produced with Harald Kloser, and written by Wes Tooke.The film covers the first six months in the Pacific Theater of World War II, from the Attack on Pearl Harbor to the titular Battle of Midway.

  6. Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft carriers ...

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    The Japanese navy aimed to take control of the U.S. patrol plane base in a surprise attack at Midway Atoll, a tiny group of islands roughly halfway between the U.S. mainland and Asia.

  7. List of World War II films (1950–1989) - Wikipedia

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    Midway (The Battle of Midway) Jack Smight: Battle of Midway between US Navy and Japanese carrier fleets in the Pacific 1976 France Italy Mr. Klein: Monsieur Klein (in French) Joseph Losey: French Resistance and collaboration 1976 Yugoslavia The Peaks of Zelengora: Vrhovi Zelengore (Врхови Зеленгоре) Zdravko Velimirović

  8. Bruno Gaido - Wikipedia

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    Bruno Peter Gaido (March 21, 1916 – June 15, 1942) was an American sailor who served in the United States Navy as an Aviation Machinist's Mate during World War II.While flying as a gunner for pilot Frank O'Flaherty in a Douglas SBD Dauntless during the Battle of Midway, he was shot down and captured by the Japanese whilst waiting for rescue from American forces.

  9. Category:Films about the Battle of Midway - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Midway (film) D. Dauntless: The Battle of Midway; M. Midway (2019 film) Midway (1976 film) S. Storm Over the Pacific; V. Voices of Midway