At Midway, the Dauntless was credited with sinking or mortally wounding each of the four Japanese aircraft carriers involved ...

Japanese naval aircraft — the best in the world ... assembly lines in numbers unmatched by the Japanese. During the Battle of Midway itself, Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo fatally hesitated ...

See Gordon Prange, Miracle at Midway (New York: Penguin, 1983). 2. Paul S. Dull, A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1941–1945 (Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2006), pp. 166–67. 3.

Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle in the vicinity of Midway, to take place in June. The Coral Sea operation in May was ...

During the Battle of Midway, the Enterprise’s aircraft inflicted ... The Enterprise’s participation led to the decisive defeat of Japanese naval air forces. Subsequently, the ship participated ...

It's June 4, 1942, the Battle of Midway - a decisive battle of the Pacific War. The Japanese fleet also known as the Kidō Butai prepare to strike the decisive blow to the American fleet. But an ...

Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...

the Japanese Navy never knew how many American carriers were at sea that June. Readers who want a comprehensive study of this battle, and do not crave the minute-by-minute excitement of falling bombs ...

Athens resident Rodney Davis will speak on a WWII battle this Saturday as he shares his knowledge of the famous conflict.

MIDWAY centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film ...