Battle+of+Midway

=Battle of Midway=

A Japanese Naval force heads for Japan towards Midway Island. Four task forces, one is charged with the invasion of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and the three others are to take Midway Island and attack the USN fleet. The final Imperial Japanese Task Force leaves mainland Japan 3 days after invasion.

The Northern Task Force begins its operation to take the Aleutian Island chain and reroute USN forces to the region.

The bombing began on June 4th by Vice-Admiral Nagumo’s first carrier strike force

American aircraft forced to attack a second time due to heavy losses caused by Japanese Navy.

Japanese spots ten USN surface ships 200 miles above Midway invasion force.

USS Enterprise and USS Hornet began their attacks on the Japanese carriers

Kaga, Soryu, anf Akagi, three Japanese carriers, were bombed and sunk.

USS Yorktown was struck by Japanese Navy aircraft although, it did not sink. The USS Yorktown’s crew abandoned the carrier so it could be towed to base by USN ships. As retaliation USS Enterprise bombed Hiryu and set it ablaze with five direct hits. A Japanese submarine targets and sinks USS Yorktown while being towed by US Navy forces.

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"The Battle of Midway, 1942." //EyeWitness to History - History through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It//. Ibis Communications, Inc. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. .


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