Battle of Midway

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of Midway was a pivotal 1942 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater where the United States decisively defeated Japan’s carrier fleet, marking a major turning point in World War II.

Aliases (7)

Battle of Midway (as part of the Japanese fleet) ×1
Battle of Midway (as part of the supporting force) ×1
Midway Island battle ×1
Midway Operation ×1
The Battle of Midway ×1
U.S. carrier task force at the Battle of Midway ×1
World War II Battle of Midway ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → naval battle →
aircraftLostByJapan	over 240 aircraft →
aircraftLostByUnitedStates	around 150 aircraft →
alsoKnownAs	Midway Island battle →
belligerent	Empire of Japan → United States →
casualtiesJapan	over 3,000 killed →
casualtiesUnitedStates	over 300 killed →
commanderJapan	Chuichi Nagumo → Isoroku Yamamoto → Nobutake Kondō →
commanderUnitedStates	Chester W. Nimitz → Frank Jack Fletcher → Raymond A. Spruance →
conflictIn	Pacific War →
countryOfVictory	United States →
dateEnd	1942-06-07 →
dateStart	1942-06-04 →
followedBy	Guadalcanal Campaign →
intelligenceFactor	U.S. codebreakers partially decrypted Japanese naval codes →
intelligenceUnitUnitedStates	Station HYPO →
involvedShipJapan	Akagi → Hiryū → Kaga → Sōryū →
involvedShipUnitedStates	USS Enterprise (CV-6) → USS Hornet (CV-8) → USS Yorktown (CV-5) →
location	Pacific Ocean → near Midway Atoll →
lostByJapan	Akagi → Hiryū → Kaga → Sōryū → four fleet aircraft carriers → heavy cruiser Mikuma →
lostByUnitedStates	aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) → destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412) →
objectiveOfJapan	eliminate United States as a strategic power in the Pacific → lure and destroy U.S. aircraft carriers →
objectiveOfUnitedStates	defend Midway Atoll → destroy Japanese carrier force →
partOf	World War II →
precededBy	Battle of the Coral Sea → Doolittle Raid →
result	decisive American victory →
strategicImpact	ended Japanese expansion in the Pacific → shifted naval balance of power in favor of the United States →
turningPointIn	Pacific Theater of World War II →

Referenced by (84)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akagi → Frank Jack Fletcher → Hiryu → Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō ("Battle of Midway (as part of the Japanese fleet)") → Japanese battleship Nagato ("Battle of Midway (as part of the supporting force)") → Japanese submarine I-168 → Mikuma → Mikuma → Sōryū → USS Anderson (DD-411) → USS Astoria (CA-34) → USS Hammann (DD-412) → USS Hammann (DD-412) → USS Maryland (BB-46) → USS Morris (DD-417) → USS Russell (DD-414) → USS Yorktown (CV-5) → USS Yorktown (CV-5) →	participatedIn
2nd Carrier Division → Combined Fleet → Douglas SBD Dauntless → Grumman TBF Avenger → Hiryū-class aircraft carrier → Task Force 17 → USS Enterprise (CV-6) → USS Hammann (DD-412) → Yorktown class →	notableEngagement
Akagi → DD-412 → Hiryū → Hiryū → Kaga → Sōryū → USS Hammann (DD-412) →	sunkIn
Aichi D3A → First Air Fleet → First Carrier Division → Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service → Kaga → Pacific Ocean Areas →	notableOperation
CV-8 → Hiryū → USS Enterprise (CV-6) → USS Hornet (CV-8) →	tookPartIn
Mitsuo Fuchida → Raymond A. Spruance → USS Hughes (DD-410) →	battle
Battle of the Coral Sea → Doolittle Raid → Indian Ocean raid →	followedBy
Chuichi Nagumo → Douglas TBD Devastator → Grumman F4F Wildcat →	notableBattle
Battle of Midway ("Midway Island battle") → Operation MI ("Midway Operation") →	alsoKnownAs
Kido Butai → Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) →	engagedInBattle
Pacific War → World War II →	hasPart
Chester W. Nimitz → Chester W. Nimitz →	notableEvent
Imperial General Headquarters → Station HYPO →	significantEvent
USS Hammann (DD-412) → USS Yorktown (CV-5) →	sunkAt
Frank Jack Fletcher ("U.S. carrier task force at the Battle of Midway") →	commanded
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan →	conflict
Operation MI →	culminatedIn
John Ford ("The Battle of Midway") →	directedDocumentary
Imperial Japanese Navy →	engagedIn
World War II battles →	hasNotableBattle
United States Armed Forces in World War II →	majorOperation
Allied forces →	militaryOperation
Chicago Midway International Airport →	namedAfter
Hiryū →	notableFor
Chuichi Nagumo →	operationCommanded
First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy →	operationParticipatedIn
Isoroku Yamamoto →	participantIn
Tokyo Raid →	preceded
Battle of the Eastern Solomons →	precededBy
Midway International Airport →	renamedAfter
Midway International Airport ("World War II Battle of Midway") →	renamedInHonorOf
Mitsubishi A6M Zero →	usedInBattle
Nakajima B5N →	usedInEvent