On this day, June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway began.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Another DUer pointed out in a thread about D-Day that the anniversary of this battle was coming up.

Battle of Midway



U.S. Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers of VS-8 from USS Hornet about to attack the burning Japanese cruiser Mikuma for the third time on 6 June 1942

Date: 4–7 June 1942
Location: Midway Atoll
Coordinates: 28°12?N 177°21?W
Result: American victory

The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chūichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondō near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet. Military historian John Keegan called it "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare", while naval historian Craig Symonds called it "one of the most consequential naval engagements in world history, ranking alongside Salamis, Trafalgar, and Tsushima Strait, as both tactically decisive and strategically influential".

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[Wounded Bear]

1. K & R...nt

[Chainfire]

2. The value of intelligence.

We knew where they would be, with what, and when, while they were in the dark as to what they were facing. Up until that day, the Japanese Navy seemed invincible. At that time, the American people really needed a victory as we had been pushed around all over the Pacific.