Battle of Midway Alexis Rooney, Aubrey Collins, Tanya Daher

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How Long Did It Last?The Battle of Midway lasted from June 3-6, 1942

Description of Battle• A naval battle that was fought around

the Midway Islands on the Pacific

• Japan was on the offensive

• Planned to capture Midway as an advance base and entrap and destroy U.S. Pacific Fleet

Description of Battle continued…

• U.S. Pacific Fleet surprised Japan by sinking 4 of Japan’s carriers that had attacked Pearl Harbor 6 months before

• After Americans and allies took the offensive.

Events Leading Up to Battle• One month after the battle of the Coral Sea

• 6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor

• Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard worked around the clock to repair everything and get ready for another battle

• Japan suffered losses of ships that needed replacing due to the participation of the Battle of the Coral Sea

Goals for Japan

• Eliminate the U.S. as a strategic power in the Pacific

• Knock the U.S. out of the Pacific War

• Lure U.S. aircraft carriers into a trap

-They thought this could work from previous mistakes by the U.S.

Goals for the U.S.• They had a chance to redeem themselves

-They proved the Japanese wrong

-American code breakers were able to determine the date and location of the attack

-They were able to warn the U.S. Navy and they set up an ambush of their own

Losses of Japan

• Losses of Japan

• 3,057 Japanese died

• 4 sunken carriers

• Total of 2,181 casualties

• 2 heavy cruisers

• Total of 792 casualties

• Floatplanes were also lost

Outcome of War

• The U.S. Navy won

• Japanese public were kept in the dark after their defeat

• Japanese navy realized they need to change after what happened in battle

• As a result, Japanese naval air groups declined overall quality during the war

• After the war, Japanese continued to try to advance in the S. Pacific with their new adjustments