BATTLE OF MIDWAY

WHO,WHAT,WHERE,WHEN,WHY

• Who:America vs. Japan
• What: fought each other
• Where: U.S mid-pacific base at midway atoll
• When: June 5-7, 1942
• Why: America attack japan after pearl harbor

BATTLE OF MIDWAY MAP

WHO WON?

• 'Murica won!!

Losses from both sides

America: 1 carrier sunk,1 destroyer sunk, 150 aircraft destroyed, and 307 killed

Japanese: 4 carriers sunk
1 heavy cruiser sunk,
1 heavy cruiser damaged,
248 aircraft destroyed, and 3,057 killed

THESE ARE SOME OF THE WEAPONS USED🔫💣🔪

AIR BOMBERS

TURRET GUNS ON SHIPS

BATTLESHIPS

What would've changed?

If U.S code breakers would have never broke the coded message the U.S navy would've fell for the Japanese trap causing them to lose

MITS

• U.S code breakers decoded a secret message from the japanese
• Japanese sent 16 subs. Ahead to detect american ships
• Occured 6 months after pearl harbor attack

SOURCES CITED

• http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Battle_of_Midway_1942.aspx
• http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
• http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm