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<> "The Battle of Midway was an important battle of the Second World Great Leather Battle, and it was also a famous battle in which the U.S. Navy won more with less. The Battle of Midway was fought on June 4, 1942, in which the U.S. Navy successfully repelled a Japanese naval attack on Midway Atoll, and the Japanese were defeated in the naval battle.

Midway, which covers an area of only one square kilometer, has a special geographical location that determines the importance of its strategic position. The island is located 2,800 nautical miles from San Francisco in the United States and Yokohama in Japan, and is in the middle of the Pacific route between Asia and North America, hence the name Midway. In addition, it is located 1,135 nautical miles from Pearl Harbor, and is an important military base and transportation hub of the United States in the Central Pacific region, as well as the gateway and outpost of the United States military in Hawaii.

Once Midway Island is lost, Pearl Harbor, the base camp of the US Pacific Fleet, will also be lost.

In the end, the U.S. military lost only one aircraft carrier"Yorktown"The cost of sinking Japan"Wyvern"、"Canglong"、"Akagi"、"Kaga"Four heavy capital aircraft carriers won the initial victory in the Pacific war.

The Battle of Midway, which took place on June 4, 1942, was an important battle of World War II. The U.S. Navy not only successfully repelled the Japanese Navy's attack on the Midway Atoll in this campaign, but also gained the initiative in the Pacific Theater, so this battle can be said to be a turning point in the Pacific Theater.

Just a month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan had already planned Midway as its next target. Not only would it avenge the U.S. Air Force's attack on Tokyo, but it would also open the door to the Hawaiian Islands. Prevent U.S. troops from coming out from Hawaii and attacking Japan.

The Japanese Navy wanted to take this opportunity to lure the remnants of the US Pacific Fleet to Midway and annihilate them in one fell swoop. In order to achieve this goal, the Japanese Navy almost poured out of the nest, devoting most of its forces, and the size of the fleet even surpassed that of the Combined Fleet at the time of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history. It was the largest strategic offensive of the Japanese Navy in World War II, but due to the containment of the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Combined Fleet sent two fewer aircraft carriers, namely the injured "Shozuru" and "Zuizuru", which had a very serious impact on the operation.

If the Japanese Navy achieves the set goal, then the West Coast of the United States will be directly threatened by the Japanese Navy. Since the rest of the U.S. Navy** has been deployed to the North Atlantic, the U.S. will not have the ability to effectively strike back against the Japanese Navy in the Pacific in the short term. Japan is well aware of the military potential of the United States.

Once the enormous industrial production capacity of the United States was fully brought into the orbit of the war, Japan had little hope of victory. Therefore, Japan hopes to force the United States to sit down at the negotiating table and quickly end the war with the United States before such a situation arises.

Some military scholars also believe that if the Japanese navy threatens or really attacks the west coast of the United States, it will force the United States to transfer the military equipment urgently needed to the front line in Europe to the west coast of the United States, and this will not only cause a shortage of military supplies in the European theater, but may even cause the European theater to lose ground again, and allow Nazi Germany to win the final victory.

1. The United States. 1 aircraft carrier, 1 destroyer.

147 aircraft, 307 killed.

2. Japan. 4 aircraft carriers, 1 heavy cruiser, 332 aircraft (including spare), 2,500 killed.

The main formation of the Japanese Combined Fleet has jurisdiction over the Midway Offensive Formation and the 1st Mobile Formation; The Northern Formation is under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Mobile Formation and the Aleutian Offensive Formation; In addition, there are advance (submarine) units and shore-based aviation units under the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto.

Admiral Unified Command. On May 26 and 29, the formations set sail from the mainland, and were scheduled to attack Midway Island on June 4.

In mid-May 1941, the U.S. military deciphered the Japanese naval telegram and grasped the Japanese attempt to attack Midway. Admiral C.W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Theater, mobilized three aircraft carriers (more than 230 carrier-based aircraft) and about 40 other combat ships to form the 16th Task Force (commanded by Rear Admiral Spruance) and the 17th Task Force (commanded by Rear Admiral F.J. Fletcher) to wait in concealment in the waters northeast of Midway. At the same time, 19 submarines were deployed in the waters near Midway to monitor the movements of Japanese ships.

Campaign background. On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

The US Pacific Fleet was hit hard, but the aircraft carrier of the Pacific Fleet survived by going to sea to participate in military exercises. The next day, Roosevelt, USA.

Delivered the famous speech "A Day That Will Last for 10,000 Years" in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Roosevelt's request to enter the war was almost unanimously adopted. On the same day, Britain declared war on Japan.

Pearl Harbor.

A few hours after the incident, Japan began a six-month expansion campaign: occupying Hong Kong and then **.

New Britain Islands, North Solomon Islands, Gilbert Islands, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Philippines, Dutch East Indies, Myanmar.

Demoralized the Allies. The Japanese invaders plundered vast amounts of wealth and natural resources, including Southeast Asia.

Rich in oil, which for Japan to carry on a larger scale on land and sea.

The conditions were created for the conquest.

In return for the attack on Pearl Harbor, a group of B-25 bombers under the command of Colonel James Doolittle, taking off from the USS Hornet, attacked Tokyo and other cities on April 18. Although the material damage caused to Japan by this air raid was insignificant, the damage to the self-esteem of the Japanese was immeasurable.

Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto decided not to hesitate to march to Midway and destroy the American aircraft carrier fleet. To realize this plan, it was first necessary to take Midway, an important U.S. air base located northeast of the Hawaiian Islands, and use it as a base of operations for the Japanese army.

In the Battle of Midway, the US military lost a total of 1 aircraft carrier, 1 destroyer, 147 aircraft and 307 people. The Japanese lost a total of 4 large aircraft carriers, 1 heavy cruiser, 322 aircraft and 3500 men, and another 1 heavy cruiser and 2 destroyers were seriously damaged.

The US military lost a total of 1 aircraft carrier, destroyer, 147 aircraft and 307 people.

The Japanese lost a total of 4 large aircraft carriers, 1 cruiser, 322 aircraft and 3500 people.

Extraction code: 3R4T The film tells a series of stories about the soldiers and pilots who participated in the battle of Midway, an important turning point in the Pacific War of World War II.