Midway operation

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military operation naval operation

The Midway operation was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s June 1942 offensive to seize Midway Atoll, culminating in the pivotal Battle of Midway that marked a major turning point in the Pacific War.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Midway (support operations) 2
Battle of Midway support operations 1
Midway operation canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
naval operation ⓘ
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

United States of America ⓘ
codeName MI Operation ⓘ
commander Chuichi Nagumo ⓘ
Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
Nobutake Kondo NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Battle of Midway ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
endTime 1942-06-07 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
hasPart Battle of Midway ⓘ
location Central Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Midway Atoll ⓘ
objective destruction of United States Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers ⓘ
seizure of Midway Atoll ⓘ
operator Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
opponent United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
outcome heavy Japanese carrier losses ⓘ
shift of naval balance in favor of the United States ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
plannedBy Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
surface form: Combined Fleet Headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Navy
pointInTime June 1942 ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form: Coral Sea campaign
result decisive American victory ⓘ
failure of Japanese objective to capture Midway Atoll ⓘ
significance halted Japanese strategic expansion in the Pacific ⓘ
major turning point in the Pacific War ⓘ
startTime 1942-06-04 ⓘ
strategicContext Japanese attempt to eliminate U.S. carrier threat after Doolittle Raid ⓘ
theater Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
timePeriod Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: World War II in the Pacific theater
uses aircraft carriers ⓘ
battleships ⓘ
cruisers ⓘ
destroyers ⓘ
naval aviation ⓘ
submarines ⓘ

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2nd Carrier Division → participatedIn → Midway operation ⓘ
Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy → notableOperation → Midway operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Operation MI (Midway operation)
Japanese heavy cruiser Takao → participatedIn → Midway operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Midway (support operations)
鳳翔 → participatedIn → Midway operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Midway support operations
Kongō → participatedIn → Midway operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Midway (support operations)