The bombing of the USS Yorktown, National Park Services.
Newspaper headline, The Daily Boston Globe, 8 June, 1942, Newspaper.com.
Newspaper headline, The Daily Boston Globe, 8 June, 1942, Newspaper.com.
June 4, 1942. The codebreakers were right; Target AF was Midway Atoll. The U.S. carrier fleet came in from the northeast but were presented with a barrier; the Japanese Kido Butai carrier fleet was much larger. Nevertheless, they had the element of surprise on their side.
The bombing of the USS Yorktown, National Park Services.
The Tipping Point, The Battle of Midway.
Message regarding Midway, National Archives.
Footage of the Battle of Midway Captured by John Ford, National Archives.
"At the Battle of Midway, Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties."
- History.
Codebreaking
Nagumo's Dilemma