How the Battle of Midway was the Turning Point of WW2 for America

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In May of 1942, Japanese Admiral Isorosku Yamamoto devised a plan to draw the US Pacific fleet into battle where he could completely destroy it. To accomplish this master plan of his, he sought out the invasion of Midway Island which would provide a base for the Japan troops to attack Hawaii. Unfortunately for Yamamoto, America decrypted Japanese radio transmissions and Admiral Chester Nimitz was able to establish a counter attack against this offensive. Nimitz sent three aircraft carriers, The USS Enterprise, The USS Hornet and The USS Yorktown to destroy the Japanese. This is just a short overview of The Battle of Midway, or as commonly referred to as, the battle that changed the war. People argue that it had no affect on the war, but those critics couldn’t be farther from the truth. The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the war because it fully enters America into the war, it kicked off the Pacific Campaign, and it had Japan on the defensive, thus preventing them from helping The Axis Forces. Midway itself was not that important in the larger scheme of Japan's intentions. Japan was concentrating on the Samoa Islands, Fiji and Australia to expand their newly acquired SE Pacific territory than Midway. Midway was the closest remaining US base to Japan, and would therefore be heavily defended by the US. Admiral Yamamoto's battle plan was bold. Like most Imperial Japanese Navy strategies, it was designed to lure major parts of the US Fleet into a fatal situation. Yamamoto's main force trailed his carriers and was intended to take out whatever part of the US Fleet that might come to Midway's support. The plan was complicated because it was put together very rapidly in the wake of the Tokyo Air Raid by US Army B-25's flying... ... middle of paper ... ...ite.co.uk/ "Battle of Midway." Naval History and Heritage Command. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2011. . Revelations, the time of these, and Nimitz had more information than. "Stopping the Tide. The Battle of Midway, 4th June -- 7th June, 1942." » Maintenance Mode. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2011. Symonds, Craig L.. The Battle of Midway. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Print Time, this, and two secure American naval intelligence centers. "Battle of Midway: 4-7 June 1942." Naval History and Heritage Command. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Dec. 2011. . White, Steve. The Battle of Midway: the destruction of the Japanese fleet. New York: Rosen Rosen Pub., 2007. Print.

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