Battle of Midway

[Diagram by types of ship] [Diagram by Task Groups]

Start: Thursday June 4, 1942

Fight between American and Japanese carriers near Midway Island. Exploiting the surprise element, the Americains inflict to the Japanese a heavy defeat, from which they will not recover until the end of the war. That is the end of the Japanese expansion in the Pacific

Place: Hawaii

	Allied	Axis
Forces	Spruance (TF 16): 2 carriers, 5 heavy cruisers, 1 anti aircraft cruiser, 9 destroyers, 54 fighters, 74 dive bombers, 29 torpedo planes. Fletcher (TF 17): 1 carrier, 2 heavy cruisers, 6 destroyers, 27 fighters, 37 dive bombers, 15 torpedo planes. Midway (land based aircrafts): 28 fighters, 40 dive bombers, 6 torpedo planes, 21 heavy bombers, 32 seaplanes. Oiler group: 2 destroyers, 2 oilers. Total: 3 carriers, 7 heavy cruisers, 1 anti aircraft cruiser, 17 destroyers, 2 oilers, 109 fighters, 151 dive bombers, 50 torpedo planes, 21 heavy bombers, 32 seaplanes	Nagumo (1st Air Fleet): 4 carriers, 2 battlecruisers, 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 12 destroyers, 5 oilers, 73 fighters, 72 dive bombers, 81 torpedo planes, 19 seaplanes.
Losses	1 carrier, 1 destroyer lost.	4 carriers lost. 1 destroyer damaged.

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