1942-06-05 - 1942-06-07

Battle of Midway

Pacific theaterPacific · Japan lost key aircraft carriers at Midway and lost strategic initiative.

Other events in this phase

Second Sino Japanese War81
  1. Taiwanese Army volunteer system
  2. Doolittle Raid
  3. Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
  4. Battle of MidwayCurrent record
  5. Korean Language Society Case
  6. Battle of Changde
  7. Greater East Asia Conference
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Context

Midway is outside the immediate East Asia map, but it changed Japan’s imperial resource allocation and war capacity.

Sources and media

The Britannica Midway entry is paired with JACAR wartime records.

Media

Battle of Midway imageVisual recordBattle of Midway imageA U.S. Navy-related image explaining the carrier-air battle at Midway in June 1942.

Source Trail

ReferenceEncyclopaedia Britannica · Battle of MidwayOpen sourcePrimary SourceJACAR · Japan Center for Asian Historical RecordsOpen sourceMedia RecordWikimedia Commons · Battle of Midway imageOpen source