Jun+1942+Battle+of+Midway

 **The Battle of Midway: The turning Point.**

 A month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese and Americans fought once again in the high seas. The Japanese were planning on taking over or invading the island of Midway, which was home to American military base. The Japanese not only wanted the island, but they wanted to lure the American fleet into a naval base where they could be destroyed. The Japanese had an advantage in ships and aircrafts, but the Americans had the best advantage of breaking the Japanese code that was used for transmitting messages through the airwaves. So because the Americans broke the code, they knew the exact date and location that the planned attack was happening [2]. The day of attack was on June 3, 1942 and Admiral Nimitz, knowing the time and location, had placed 3 aircraft carriers very carefully, which was planning to stop the Japanese from landing on Midway. The plan worked perfectly, the Americans had managed to fight off the air raid. After the Americans had stopped the Japanese from attack, they followed the Japanese back to their carriers and managed to break through Japanese defenses. When they broke through, the Americans damaged 3 out of 4 Japanese carriers that were there. When they had attack the Japanese carriers, any bombs or torpedoes that were on the carriers had exploded, creating more deaths. Later, the American destroyed the last Japanese carrier. But during the battle, the Japanese managed to destroy one of the American carriers, the USS Yorktown [1].


 * __What was Lost. __**

 The USS Yorktown was not the only thing that the Americans had lost in the Battle of Midway. The Americans had also lost between 66-142 planes, a estimated 543 men, 1 carrier, and 1 destroyer[4]. The Japanese had lost an estimated 332 planes, and 17 out of 22 of their ships were sunk[4]. One of the main ships that the Japanese had lost was the Shokaku, which was a estimated 150 crew ship, 100 dead and 50 wounded[4].


 * It was said that the Battle of Midway was a turning point of the war, along with the Battle of the Coral Sea **

__Works Cited:__


 * 1) __Ayers, Edward, Robert Schulzinger, Jesus Teja, and Deborah White. //American Anthem//. Holt, Rineheart and Winston, 2007. 436. Print__
 * 2) Ramirez, Susan, Peter Stearns, and Sam Wineberg.//World History; Human Legacy//. Holt, Rineheart and Winston, 2008. 451. Print.
 * 3) http://worldwar2history.info/Midway/
 * 4) http://www.willamette.edu/~rloftus/midwaypage.html