Scope, Size of Battle of Midway Stunning

When it comes to World War II history and early June, the Allied invasion of Normandy stands above all else in most minds, and understandably so. However, from June 4 to June 7 of 1942, what was an even more consequential battle was being fought in the Pacific. The invasion of Normandy was one of the final blows in a war that had already gone awry for Hitler’s Germany, but the Battle of Midway was a pivotal battle that stopped Japan in its tracks and changed the momentum of the war in the Pacific.
The Japanese had been rolling in the Pacific since the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, occupying Malaysia, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines by March of 1942. The Battle of Coral Sea about a month prior to the Battle of Midway was the first “carrier” battle of the war, and was what finally stemmed Japan’s six months of progress across the Pacific.
If Coral Sea stopped Japan’s momentum, it was the Battle of Midway that completely turned the tides.
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