WHY WAS THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY A TURNING POINT IN THE PACIFIC THEATER???
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The Battle of Midway in the Pacific Theater of Operations was one of the most important naval battles of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. Japan thought they would defeat America at the Battle of Midway but they were soon fooled. Defeating America here and now would allow them to continue their duties in taking over Asia.The Japanese operation, like the earlier attack on Pearl Harbor, sought to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific, thereby giving Japan a free hand in establishing its Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. The Japanese hoped that another demoralizing defeat would force the U.S. to capitulate in the Pacific War and thus ensure Japanese dominance in the Pacific. There was a lot of losses in the Pacific Theater. President Truman want to ended the war so he did something nobody would expect. He dropped atomic bombs on Japan. This ended the Pacific Theater. Without the Americans breaking Japanese codes who knows where the war would go? Would Japan take over Asia and Hawaii? All because of the Battle of Midway the Americans could now take the offensive The plan was handicapped by faulty Japanese assumptions of the American reaction and poor initial dispositions. Most significantly, American codebreakers were able to determine the date and location of the attack, enabling the forewarned U.S. Navy to set up an ambush of its own.
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Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. America figured out how to break the codes of Japan. This was a turning point for the war. America sent out what I consider bait. They sent messages and the Japanese took the bait. They were headed to take over Hawaii but they were met by the Americans. Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, Japanese fleet commander, chose to invade a target relatively close to Pearl Harbor to draw out the American fleet, calculating that when the United States began its counterattack, the Japanese would be prepared to crush them. Instead, an American intelligence breakthrough–the solving of the Japanese fleet codes–enabled Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to understand the exact Japanese plans. Nimitz placed available U.S. carriers in position to surprise the Japanese moving up for their preparatory air strikes on Midway Island itself. Now the Americans had the element of surprise on their side. They had a advantage on the Japanese. Americans used Indians to use their unique language and it was un-breakable. The Japanese carriers were caught while refueling and rearming their planes, making them especially vulnerable. The Americans sank four fleet carriers–the entire strength of the task force–Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu, with 322 aircraft and over five thousand sailors. The Japanese also lost the heavy cruiser Mikuma. American losses included 147 aircraft and more than three hundred seamen.
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The Battle of Midway, fought over and near the tiny U.S. mid-Pacific base at Midway atoll, represents the strategic high water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean war. Japan used the element of surprise to attack Pearl Harbor. Now the Americans surprised the Japanese with a counterattack at the Battle of Midway. Prior to this action, Japan possessed general naval superiority over the United States and could usually choose where and when to attack. After Midway, the two opposing fleets were essentially equals, and the United States soon took the offensive. America is now in the drivers seat and they charged enemy lines. Yamamoto's intended surprise was thwarted by superior American communications intelligence, which deduced his scheme well before battle was joined.