THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY BY: BRIANA RILEY NAGEL

COMMANDERS DURING THE WAR: America: Chester W. Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, & Raymond A. Spruance Japan: Isoroku Yamamoto, Nobutake Kondō, Chūichi Nagumo, Tamon Yamaguchi, Ryusaku Yanagimoto

RANKS OF THE AMERICAN LEADERS  Chester W. Nimitz was an Admiral in the United States Navy. He was born February 24 th, 1885 and died on February 20 th,  Frank Jack Fletcher was an Admiral in the United States Navy. He was born on April 29 th, 1885 and died on April 25 th,  Raymond A. Spruance was an Admiral in the United States Navy. He was born July 3 rd, 1886 and died on December 13 th, 1969.

RANKS OF THE JAPANESE LEADERS  Isoroku Yamamoto was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet. He was born April 4 th, 1884 and he died on April 18 th,  Nobutake Kondō, was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was born September 25 th, 1886 and died on February 19 th,  Chūichi Nagumo was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, he committed suicide during the Battle of Saipan. He was born March 25 th, 1887 and died on July 6 th,  Tamon Yamaguchi was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was born August 17 th, 1892 and died in  Ryūsaku Yanagimoto was captain of the Sōryū in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was born September 1 st, 1894 and died in 1942.

STRENGTHS OF AMERICA:  3 carriers  7 heavy cruisers  1 light cruiser  15 destroyers  233 carrier-based aircrafts  127 land-based aircrafts  16 submarines

STRENGTHS OF JAPAN:  4 carriers  2 battleships  2 heavy cruisers  1 light cruiser  12 destroyers  248 carrier-based aircrafts  16 floatplanes

LOSES ON AMERICA’S SIDE  1 carrier was sunk  1 destroyer was sunk  150 aircrafts were destroyed  307 people were killed

LOSES ON JAPAN’S SIDE  4 carriers were sunk  1 heavy cruiser was sunk  1 heavy cruiser was damaged  248 aircrafts were destroyed  3,057 people were killed

AMERICA DURING WAR TIME During WWII the President was Franklin D. Roosevelt, America was just starting to come out of the depression at this time as well. Franklin was an American lawyer and statesman and was the only President to be in office for more than 8 years. He served 4 terms, 12 years.

JAPAN DURING WAR TIME Emperor Hirohito was the leader of Japan during World War II. He was crowned emperor in 1928 in the city of Kyoto and a new era of Showa was declared. He died on January 7, 1989.

IMPORTANT DATES  The battle started June 4 th 1942 and continues through June 7 th of 1942  This was only 6 months after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor  Only one month after The Battle of Coral Sea

THE ORIGINAL PLAN The Japanese plan was to lure the United States' aircraft carriers into a trap. The Japanese also intended to occupy Midway as part of an overall plan to extend their defensive perimeter, this operation was also considered preparatory for further attacks against Fiji, Samoa, and Hawaii itself, they wanted to control all the territories to have an upper hand on America.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED The Japanese plan was compromised. The Americans spent months decoding the Japanese messages, and it finally paid off, they were able to determine the date and time of the attack and beat them to it, they weren’t expecting the Americans to be there first. Which in return enabled the U.S. Navy to do an ambush of their own, four Japanese aircraft carriers—Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu, all part of the six-carrier force that had attacked Pearl Harbor six months earlier—and a heavy cruiser were sunk at a cost of one American aircraft carrier and a destroyer.

RESULTS: Even though the United States was unfairly outnumbered with weaponry, aircrafts, ships, and soldiers, they rose up and won the battle. No one knows what it was, maybe it was fate or maybe it was having that slight forewarning after breaking the Japanese code, but whatever it was, it made the U.S. proud.