Battle Of Midway Research Paper

Walker 1“The Decisive Battle of Midway”Circumstances can change rapidly. These changes that occur rapidly may not be fullyunderstood until years later, if at all. The same can be said of the Battle of Midway. The Battle of Midway was June 4-7, 1942 and was a pivotal naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II(Crisman). Momentum can change due to any set of factors.The Japanese objective of the Pacific Theater was to dominate the Pacific Ocean and theIndian Ocean (Crisman). If the Japanese were able to dominate the Pacific Ocean and IndianOcean, the Japanese clearly would have had much more territory in order to do what they saw fit.Clearly they could have moved men and goods across that water instead of having to move thesame things
Therefore, the United States had more men ready and capable to fight. What wasworse for Japan than losing these pilots and other Air Force personnel was losing several trainedmechanics and other airplane technicians (“Battle of Midway”). Losing specially trained men incombat is a tremendous blow to one’s war effort. Training takes time. Having to train new menfor these roles would take time to do.At the Battle of Midway, the United States Navy “soundly” defeated the Japanese military(Crisman). Due to the United States “soundly defeating” the Japanese at the Battle of Midway,Japan lost its initiative to defeat the United States after this battle (Crisman). When one is stronglydefeated at something, one does not often have the energy to rebound and fight as hard as before.Therefore, one may still continue to fight after a “sound defeat,” but one’s positive momentum willhave shifted toward one’s enemy. At the Battle of Midway, the United States was able to shiftfrom being on defense against the Japanese to being on offense against eh Japanese (“Battle of Midway”). By being on offense, the United States clearly did not just have to think aboutdefending what it already had. The United States clearly could go after what the Japanese had dueto their weaker position after the Battle of Midway.From what Mr. Crisman said in the interview, the United States should not have won theBattle of Midway. However, the United States did win there. People are welcome to debate whyand how the Americans won the Battle at Midway; however, this improbable victory at Midwayseems as if that it helped America to win the war against the Japanese in the Pacific.Crisman believes that the Lord’s Providence is what saved the Americans at the Battle of Midway and helped them to win at the Battle of Midway (Crisman). When one something seemsimpossible to man, God can make a way. When one can clearly see that the United States was notready to successfully fight at the Battle of