The Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide of World War II
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Battle Preview 4 CHAPTER 1 Air Attack 7 CHAPTER 2 A Growing War 15 CHAPTER 3 Three-Day Battle 21 CHAPTER 4 Turning the Tide 27 (cid:13)(cid:39)(cid:28)(cid:44)(cid:42)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:38)(cid:1)(cid:43)(cid:33)(cid:30)(cid:1)(cid:10)(cid:26)(cid:43)(cid:43)(cid:36)(cid:30)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:31)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:34)(cid:29)(cid:46)(cid:26)(cid:48)(cid:1)(cid:50)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:60) (cid:14)(cid:36)(cid:39)(cid:42)(cid:42)(cid:26)(cid:41)(cid:48)(cid:1)(cid:50)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:59) (cid:23)(cid:39)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:30)(cid:26)(cid:41)(cid:38)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:39)(cid:41)(cid:30)(cid:1)(cid:50)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:61) (cid:15)(cid:38)(cid:29)(cid:30)(cid:47)(cid:1)(cid:50)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:61)
BAT T L E P R E V I E W (cid:59)(cid:57)(cid:52)(cid:59)(cid:8) Japan invades Manchuria a region of China (cid:59)(cid:57)(cid:52)(cid:57)(cid:8) Nazi Germany invades Poland and World War II begins in Europe 1941 Japan attacks the US naval base at Pearl Harbor Hawaii The United States declares war on Japan (cid:59)(cid:57)(cid:56)(cid:52)(cid:8) The United States and its allies begin to push Japanese forces back throughout the Pacific 4 (cid:59)(cid:57)(cid:52)(cid:53)(cid:8) Japan invades the rest of China starting a war between the two countries 1940 Germany Japan and Italy sign an agreement and become allies in the war June 4 6 1942 The battle of Midway takes place The US military with the aid of decoded Japanese messages defeats the Japanese forces May 8 1945 Germany surrenders September 1945 After atomic bombs are dropped on two Japanese cities Japan surrenders World War II ends
ia r u Manc h Japan China Midway United States Hawaii N US naval movement Japanese naval movement BATTLE OF MIDWAY UNITED STATES Killed Captured Aircraft Lost Aircraft Carriers Lost 340 3 145 1 JAPAN 3,057 37 292 4 5
