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.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Midway canonical 144
The Battle of Midway 3
Battle of Midway (as part of the Japanese fleet) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
aircraftLostByJapan over 240 aircraft ⓘ
aircraftLostByUnitedStates around 150 aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Midway ⓘ
surface form: Midway Island battle
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateEnd 1942-06-07 ⓘ
dateStart 1942-06-04 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: 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 USS Yorktown (CV-5) ⓘ
surface form: 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 Coral Sea ⓘ
surface form: 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 War ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Theater of World War II

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World War II → hasPart → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Pacific War → hasPart → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Midway → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Midway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midway Island battle
Station HYPO → significantEvent → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy → engagedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Akagi → sunkIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Akagi → participatedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412) → participatedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Hammann (DD-412)
destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412) → sunkAt → Battle of Midway ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Hammann (DD-412)
destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412) → notableEngagement → Battle of Midway ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Hammann (DD-412)
Isoroku Yamamoto → participantIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Kaga → notableOperation → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Kaga → sunkIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Sōryū → participatedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Sōryū → sunkIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Combined Fleet → notableEngagement → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Hiryū → notableFor → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Hiryū → sunkIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Hiryū → tookPartIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of Coral Sea → followedBy → Battle of Midway ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of the Coral Sea
Frank Jack Fletcher → participatedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Frank Jack Fletcher → commanded → Battle of Midway ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. carrier task force at the Battle of Midway
Chuichi Nagumo → operationCommanded → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Chuichi Nagumo → notableBattle → Battle of Midway ⓘ
First Air Fleet → notableOperation → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Chester W. Nimitz → notableEvent → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Mitsuo Fuchida → battle → Battle of Midway ⓘ
USS Maryland (BB-46) → participatedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Doolittle Raid → followedBy → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → conflict → Battle of Midway ⓘ
USS Yorktown (CV-5) → sunkAt → Battle of Midway ⓘ
USS Yorktown (CV-5) → participatedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Raymond A. Spruance → battle → Battle of Midway ⓘ
heavy cruiser Mikuma → participatedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
subject surface form: Mikuma
USS Enterprise (CV-6) → notableEngagement → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Midway International Airport → renamedAfter → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Midway International Airport → renamedInHonorOf → Battle of Midway ⓘ
this entity surface form: World War II Battle of Midway
USS Hornet (CV-8) → tookPartIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Battle of the Eastern Solomons → precededBy → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Aichi D3A dive bombers → notableOperation → Battle of Midway ⓘ
subject surface form: Aichi D3A
DD-412 → sunkIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
DD-412 → sunkIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Hammann (DD-412)
Japanese submarine I-168 → participatedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
John Ford → directedDocumentary → Battle of Midway ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Battle of Midway
Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers → usedInEvent → Battle of Midway ⓘ
subject surface form: Nakajima B5N
Operation MI → culminatedIn → Battle of Midway ⓘ
Operation MI → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Midway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midway Operation
Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters → usedInBattle → Battle of Midway ⓘ
subject surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Indian Ocean raid → followedBy → Battle of Midway ⓘ
United States Armed Forces in World War II → majorOperation → Battle of Midway ⓘ