Battle of Midway: Wwii

Overall, 3,397 men lost their lives in the Battle of Midway, 3,057 Japanese men and 340 Americans died. Thus the Japanese never fully recovered from the major casualties. In 1942, the Battle of Midway, a battle in the Pacific between the Japanese and the United States, was the turning point of the war and a major victory for the United States of America. Before the Battle of Midway, plans were made and many little events occurred. The Japanese wanted to eliminate United States carrier forces. Isoroku Yamamoto came up with the plan and would become the commander. He hoped attacking Midway would draw the U. S. to sea battle that they would win inevitably. Yamamoto’s plan was rejected by higher command but soon after the U. S. tried to invade Japan, then after they agreed.
Yamamoto hoped to reduce the size of the U. S. forces. The capture of Midway would have given Japan an advantage base that could be used as a warning outpost. Power plants and oil installations on Midway were main targets for the Japanese. As a diversion the Japanese tried to take the Aleutian Islands, which were north of Midway. They succeeded and took them over, the Aleutian Islands was the only U. S. land that Japan claimed during World War II. It was possible the Japanese thought that if holding them would protect them against the United States from invading them again.
The U.S. Navy stationed in Hawaii deciphered Yamamoto’s orders. As a response, they sent the aircraft carriers, the Enterprise, the Hornet, and the Yorktown along with several other ships and cruisers. They tricked the Japanese forces to telling them where they were going to attack by sending out an uncoded radio signal saying that Midway’s desalination plant was down and they deciphered the Japanese into giving them where they were attacking.
During the battle, the United States accomplished many things from shooting down planes to bombing carriers. In five minutes, the Japanese lost half of its carriers. Bombers