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This is the order of battle for the Battle of Midway, a major engagement of the Pacific Theatre of World War II, fought 4–7 June 1942 by naval and air forces of Imperial Japan and the United States in the waters around Midway Atoll in the far northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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 ...
Intended as a preparatory battle to the abandoned Western Allied invasions of Kyūshū and Honshu. Heavy civilian and combat casualties may have influenced U.S. decision to use atomic bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Battle of Java Sea: February 27, 1942 February 27, 1942, Java Sea: Java Sea (2300 Americans Killed) Japanese victory
Battle for Henderson Field: October 1942; Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942; Matanikau Offensive: November 1942; Koli Point action: November 1942; Carlson's Patrol: November–December 1942; Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. November 1942; Battle of Tassafaronga, November 1942; Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea ...
December 8, 1941 – January 31, 1942 Battle of Hong Kong: Japanese and British: December 8–25, 1941 Battle of the Coral Sea: Japanese and US Navies: May 1942 Battle of Midway: Japanese and US Navies: June 4–6, 1942 Battle of the Aleutian Islands: Imperial Japanese Navy Alaskan Strike Group: June 6, 1942 – August 15, 1943 Kokoda Track ...
Battle of Badung Strait; Battle of Balikpapan (1942) Battle of Midway; Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands; Battle of the Bismarck Sea; Battle of Blackett Strait; Patrol torpedo boat PT-109; Action off Bougainville
During the battle, on 4 June 1942, Yamaguchi disagreed with the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo. A reconnaissance plane discovered an American aircraft carrier (USS Yorktown) near Midway. At that moment, the Japanese planes had been armed for a second strike on Midway, with the "Kate" level bombers carrying bombs rather than ...
In early June 1942, America's then only operational escort carrier Long Island arrived from the Atlantic and provided air cover for Task Force One (TF-1), [189] an assemblage of old battleships and destroyers that patrolled off the West Coast as a precaution should the Midway battle not go well. After Midway, CVE Long Island sortied west.