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The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the Pacific War. In June 1942, four Japanese aircraft carriers: Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū faced off against a smaller U.S. fleet under Admirals Nimitz, Spruance, and Fletcher.
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📚 Sources:
Fuchida, Mitsuo, and Masatake Okumiya. Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy’s Story. Naval Institute Press, 1955.
Hone, Trent. Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945. Naval Institute Press, 2018.
Lord, Walter. Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway. Harper & Row, 1967.
Lundstrom, John B. The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway. Naval Institute Press, 1984.
Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. IV: Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942–August 1942. Little, Brown and Company, 1949.
Parshall, Jonathan B., and Anthony P. Tully. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Potomac Books, 2005.
Prange, Gordon W., with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. Miracle at Midway. McGraw-Hill, 1982.
Symonds, Craig L. The Battle of Midway. Oxford University Press, 2011.
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The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the Pacific War. In June 1942, four Japanese aircraft carriers: Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū faced off against a smaller U.S. fleet under Admirals Nimitz, Spruance, and Fletcher.
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🧾 Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
📚 Sources:
Fuchida, Mitsuo, and Masatake Okumiya. Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy’s Story. Naval Institute Press, 1955.
Hone, Trent. Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898–1945. Naval Institute Press, 2018.
Lord, Walter. Incredible Victory: The Battle of Midway. Harper & Row, 1967.
Lundstrom, John B. The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway. Naval Institute Press, 1984.
Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Vol. IV: Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942–August 1942. Little, Brown and Company, 1949.
Parshall, Jonathan B., and Anthony P. Tully. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. Potomac Books, 2005.
Prange, Gordon W., with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. Miracle at Midway. McGraw-Hill, 1982.
Symonds, Craig L. The Battle of Midway. Oxford University Press, 2011.
Written by House of History
🎵 Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
🎶 My referral link: share.epidemicsound.com/njr7j0
House of History uses the Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2024, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved.
Special thanks to Killerfish Games for use of War on the Sea footage! Check out WotS here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/12...
🖼 Photos, paintings and imagery: Public Domain, Wikicommons
#HouseofHistory #History
