History of the Battle of Midway VIDEO

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JUNE 4TH, 1942 - SIX MONTHS AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR - JAPAN ATTEMPTED TO INVADE HAWAII WITH AN ATTACK ON MIDWAY ATOLL.

MIDWAY WOULD GIVE JAPAN ACCESS TO HAWAII, HOME OF U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AND A POSSIBLE OUTPOST TO WATCH ANY FUTURE THREAT BY THE U.S.

JAPAN'S PLAN WAS TO LURE U.S. CARRIERS SOUTH OF MIDWAY, WHILE A JAPANESE CARRIER FORCE SURPRISED THEM FROM THE NORTH.

JAPANESE INTELLIGENCE LED THEM TO BELIEVE ONLY TWO CARRIERS WOULD BE AT MIDWAY AT THE TIME, USS HORNET AND USS ENTERPRISE.

U.S. INTELLIGENCE HAD BROKEN THE JAPANESE NAVAL CODE. INTEL COULD DETERMINE EXACTLY WHEN THE ATTACK WOULD TAKE PLACE, AND PREDICT THE LOCATION OF THE PLANNED ATTACK.

REAR ADMIRAL RAYMOND SPRUANCE COMMANDED TASK FORCE 16, FORMED AROUND HORNET AND ENTERPRISE.

USS YORKTOWN, DAMAGED EARLIER IN BATTLE, WAS RUSHED THROUGH YARD REPAIRS. REAR ADMIRAL FRANK JACK FLETCHER COMMANDED TASK FORCE 17, FORMED AROUND YORKTOWN.

THE THREE-DAY BATTLE BEGAN WITH U.S. ARMY BOMBERS, AND U.S. MARINE CORPS TORPEDO PLANES AND DIVE BOMBERS LEAVING MIDWAY TO ATTACK THE APPROACHING ENEMY.

U.S. CARRIERS AND AIRCRAFT SUNK FOUR OF JAPAN'S CARRIERS, A HEAVY CRUISER, AND THREE DESTROYERS. THEY ALSO SHOT DOWN AN ESTIMATED 291 AIRCRAFT.

THE UNITED STATES LOST USS YORKTOWN, USS HAMMANN AND 145 AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE BATTLE WAS OVER.

THANKS TO AMERICAN SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE, AIRCRAFT CARRIER TACTICS, AND DETERMINATION AND COURAGE OF PILOTS AND CREWS, THE UNITED STATES HANDED JAPAN A DEFEAT.

THE VICTORY OF THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND THE POWER OF SEA-BORNE AIRCRAFT.

MIDWAY HIGHLIGHTED THE HEROES OF THE U.S. MILITARY, AND SET THE STAGE FOR THE CARRIER-BASED NAVY OF TODAY.

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Producer: U.S. Navy News Service
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Battle of Midway; PEARL HARBOR; USS HORNET; USS ENTERPRISE; RAYMOND SPRUANCE; DIVE BOMBERS; USS YORKTOWN; U.S. Navy.
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