What was the Battle of Midway? Who was it between? Who won the battle? What was the cause of the battle? The Battle of Midway was fought between Japan and the U.S. The Doolittle Raid made Japan think their perimeter security was weak (“The Battle of Midway”). They wanted to avenge the bombing of Japanese home islands, fix the hole in their Eastern defensive perimeter from the U.S. control of Midway, finish the US Pacific Fleet, and take Hawaii (Morgenthau and Tuerkheimer). Japan decided to attack Midway in order to get the U.S.A out of the Pacific and strengthen their border. At 4:30 a.m. on June 4, 36 Japanese fighter planes and bombers attacked Midway (Krasner 28). The outcome of the battle was worse for Japan than it was for the U.S. The …show more content…
When the Battle of Midway was won by the U.S., FDR was able to assist Britain when Germany invaded them. Midway saved the decision by the Americans and British to focus their major effort against Germany (Morgenthau and Tuerkheimer). The U.S. was able to send Britain 300 Sherman tanks and artillery. If the U.S. had not sent the tanks, Rommel would have won and Britain would have been occupied by German military (Morgenthau and Tuerkheimer). The Japanese crippled the Pacific Fleet, driven Britain’s Royal Navy out of the Indian Ocean, and threatened to link up with the Germans in the Middle East. If Japan and Germany met up, they would have cut British and American supply line through Iran to the Soviet Union, and pull the British and French colonies in the Middle East into the Axis orbit. If that happened, Britain may lose control of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Soviet Union might have negotiated an armistice with Germany (Lambert). Though they seem unrelated, the Battle of Midway did in fact help defeat Hitler. While Japan and America were fighting at Midway, Hitler was attacking Great Britain. After the U.S. won the battle, they were able to turn their attention towards Great Britain and Hitler and help Great Britain defeat
The Battle of Midway dealt a devastating catastrophe for the Japanese naval and air capabilities with destroying four carriers, one heavy cruiser, 248 aircraft, and 3,057 personnel. The Americans lost one aircraft carrier, one destroyer, 150 aircraft, and 307 personnel. Historically, Midway has been considered the turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. Japan's shipbuilding and pilot training programs were unable to keep pace in replacing their losses, while the U.S. steadily increased its output in both areas that inevitably led denying Japan the ability to achieve its limited policy objective: to destroy the American carrier force in the Pacific and use the Aleutians and Midway Island as stepping stones for a Japanese
Just after midnight on June 4th,1942, the United States attacked a fleet of Japanese transport ships. One American torpedo plane took out fleet tanker "Akabono Maru". Later that morning at about 6:30am, Japanese planes began bombing midway island installations, though causing minimal damage to the U.S. naval
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Sections 2: Investigation The Battle of Midway was a drastic war between the United States and Japan on the small island of Midway, Atoll. In the hot, bright summer of June, 1942 had become a grim, dark period. A battle that brought tides of the attack on both sides due to their past actions such as, when Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor and now wanted to get more territorial land. And on the other hand America’s attack on Tokyo.
Despite all the success Japan had early in the war, they did not do as much damage to the United States Pacific fleet as they would have like to have done. This gave America a false sense of security at the time when Japan was preparing to take stronger action. Rear Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s plan was to draw in the remaining American ships into an area where they could be attacked and destroyed by a much greater number of Japanese vessels. Admiral Yamamoto thought that if Japan captured valuable territory like the Midway Islands that the United States could not afford to give up, he could destroy the remaining American ships with ease because the Americans would have no supply chain.
World War II brought great tension between two of the strongest countries during the 1940s: the United States and Japan. Conflict started with Japan’s push past Chinese borders into Manchuria in search of the natural resources that Japan needed. The United States avoided military action with Japan and instead decided to stop economic trade. One of these measures was the Neutrality Act, which prohibited the sale of weapons to nations at war (Nash 513). The United States tried several maneuvers on Japan; they placed oil embargos to force Japan to shut down military operations in China. The US was focused on economically destroying Japan while Japan was planning a surprise attack on the US. Japan. Completely unaware of what the Japanese were
?Midway thrust the warlords back on their heels, caused their ambitious plans?.. to be canceled, and forced on them an unexpected, unwelcome, defensive role.? ?Samuel Elliot Morison, the United States Navy?s official historian of WW2. Pearl Harbor shocked the nation, and the United States knew that it was only a matter of time before the Japanese would attack again. By decoding the Japanese fleet codes, the United States Navy was able to plan a counterattack. This four-day sea-and-air battle lasting from June 3rd-6th, 1942, is known as the Battle of Midway. Although the United States was greatly outnumbered, their brilliant plan sent the Japanese
In the beginning of war, Japanese victory in Pacific terrified West Cost Americans. Partial victory for Americans appeared when Japanese capital Tokyo was bombed. It was less of a material loss but huge in terms of psychological attack. It was followed by the Battle of Coral Sea in May 1942 and after that the decisive Battle of Midway Island took place. U.S. aircraft carriers destroyed three out of four Japanese carriers that sabotaged their further plans of invasion and they adopted a defensive strategy.
Japan had Admiral Yamamoto’s plan Operation MI. His plan was the reduction of Midway and to make Admiral Nimitz to show his carriers. Japan was
suffered a major defeat at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, took advantage of the situation the U.S. was put in after its losses during Pearl Harbor (“Japs Risk Large Naval Units...”). With the backbone of U.S. Pacific Fleet torn out, Japan made several attempts to dominate the Pacific. Japan was anxious to settle their differences with the U.S., so they began risking large naval units in Pacific battles. An article posted in the Los Angeles Time, “Japs Risk Large Naval Units in Blows at U.S.” says, “For the sixth time in six months Japan made a deadly bid to capture the mastery of the Pacific, and for the sixth time she has failed after paying a price that is fast becoming prohibitive,” (“Japs Risk Large Naval Units...”). This article was posted days after the Battle of Midway, on June 7th, 1942 reflecting the actions of the Japanese Navy in the previous months. The Japanese were anxious to pounce on the weakened U.S. after Pearl Harbor, backing their attacks with large naval units. The Japanese felt that they needed to take over Midway Island in order to claim dominance over the U.S. in the Pacific.
Midway Atoll, several months before the battle. Eastern Island (with the airfield) is in the foreground, and the larger Sand Island is in the background to the west.