Eighty years ago this weekend, the U.S. Navy ambushed the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Midway and altered the course of World War II. Saturday night, aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego — a ...
Following the devastating U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Wake Island, Japan sought to eliminate American carrier forces and establish dominance in the central Pacific. What followed was a ...
On this day in history, June 7, 1942, the Battle of Midway — regarded as one of the most decisive U.S. victories in its war against Japan — came to an end. The Battle of Midway was an Allied naval ...
With three Japanese carriers, the Akagi, Kaga and Sōryū, in flames, the tide of battle seemed to favor the U.S. Navy—but the Battle of Midway was far from over. As the damaged Hiryū launched a ...
This week marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, one of the most important naval battles of World War II. Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi marked the anniversary with a ceremony aboard ...
The Battle of Midway between the US and Japanese navies began on June 4, 1942. The three-day battle was a decisive defeat for the Japanese and turned the tide of the war. Now, 79 years later, the ...
June 1 (UPI) --Eighty years ago this week, one of the greatest naval battles in American history was fought and won over two tiny islands in the Western Pacific called Midway for their geographic ...